Unlike statues widely used in Roman Catholic worship, icons are two - dimensional images of Christ, Mary, “saints, ” angels, characters and events of the Bible, or events in the history of the Orthodox Church.
सहसा ही चित्रे, वाहून नेण्यासारख्या लाकडी तक्‍त्‌यांवर रंगवलेली असतात.