Romanian Orthodox icons
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In the Romanian Orthodox Church, icons serve much the same purpose as they do in other Eastern Orthodox traditions. The art of painting them has survived communism and today there are many active icon painters in Romania.
In Romania, icons painted as reversed images on glass and set in frames were common in the 19th century and are still made. "In the Transylvanian countryside, the expensive icons on panels imported from Moldavia, Wallachia, and Mt. Athos were gradually replaced by small, locally produced icons on glass, which were much less expensive and thus accessible to the Transylvanian peasants..." (Romanian Icons on Glass, Dancu, Juliana and Dumitru Dancu, Wayne State University Press, 1982).
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[edit] Gallery of modern hand painted Romanian icons
 Icon of Jesus |
 Icon of the Nativity |
 Icon of St. Peter |
 Icon of the Trinity |
 Icon of St. Nicholas |
 Icon done by George Huszar tempera & 23 kt. gold leaf on glass |
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