An ICON is a picture that is consecrated with Holy Myron and since it is consecrated, the spirit of the saint lives in that Icon.
A PICTURE is just a printed photograph or drawing of any saint (ancient or contemporary).
Icons = Church
Pictures = …
In the Conclusion of the Adam Theotokions in Tasbeha we pray “For You do not desire the death of a sinner, but rather that he returns and that his soul may live”
God will NEVER be upset or disappointed in you if you such good intentions at heart!
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is not a SISTER church like others, rather a DAUGHTER church to the Coptic Orthodox Church.
So they do pertain to the Alexandrian see.
I don’t think the world needs more Church groups. Australians and all other people …
These church bearing titles are all related to sees!
Coptic, Ethiopian —> Alexandria
Etc... where would the Australian originate from?
The European See? :))