1.0Kisha Orthodhοkse Autoqefale e Shqipërisëhttps://orthodoxalbania.org/2020neo_adminhttps://orthodoxalbania.org/2020/author/neo_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0yr3PAJpXa"><a href="https://orthodoxalbania.org/2020/en/2012/08/05/icon-painting/">Icon Painting</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://orthodoxalbania.org/2020/en/2012/08/05/icon-painting/embed/#?secret=0yr3PAJpXa" width="600" height="338" title="“Icon Painting” — Kisha Orthodhοkse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë" data-secret="0yr3PAJpXa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://orthodoxalbania.org/2020/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Icon-painting   Byzantine       The earliest portable icons in Albania come from the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries.  The Virgin Hodegetria of Boria (Korytsa) and the Virgin of Blasti, in a cave at the Great Prespa Lake, are considered to be among the loveliest creations of Byzantine art. The works which have survived in this region are deeply influenced by the artistic idiom of thehttp://www.orthodoxalbania.org/images/A Brief History of Past Decade/Art2b.jpg