Coptic icons are childlike, sincere, and very expressive and vibrant.
The Coptic tradition of icon painting was formed under the influence of ancient Egyptian and Greek art. The characteristic features of Coptic icon painting can already be seen in the fourth century: the large eyes and ears on a small head, the confident lines, the naive and childlike depictions. The Copts themselves are certain that iconography was born in Egypt, which they convincingly demonstrate by comparing the iconographic canon with works of ancient Egyptian art. Incidentally, the most common subject is, of course, the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt. Since the 1960s the neo-Coptic school of iconography has continued the tradition of the Coptic school.
We offer our readers these extraordinary Coptic images of Christ, the Theotokos, and the saints.
Old Testament
Noah’s Ark
Crossing of the Red Sea
Jonah in the Belly of the Whale
Appearance of the Angel Tobias
New Testament
The Annunciation
The Nativity of Christ
The Holy Family
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt
The Nativity of Christ
The Meeting of the Lord
The Meeting of the Lord
St. John the Baptist
The Theophany
The Theophany
The Theophany
The Wedding at Cana
The Wedding at Cana
The Multiplication of Loaves
The Lord Feeds the Crowd with Five Loaves of Bread
The Healing of the Blind Man
The Good Samaritan
Christ with the Samaritan Woman
The Entrance into Jerusalem
The Mystical Supper
The Mystical Supper
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection of Christ
The Resurrection of Christ
Icons of Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Enthroned
The Lord Pantocrator
The Lord Pantocrator
The Lord Pantocrator
Icons of the Theotokos
Icons of the Saints
The Protomartyr Stephen the Archdeacon
The Apostles Peter and Paul
St. Anthony the Great and St. Paul of Thebes
The Apostle Paul
St. Menas
The Apostle Mark
St. Macarius the Great, St. Maximus, St. Domatius
St. Macrina, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Peter of Sebastia
St. Gregory the Theologian
St. George the Trophy-Bearer
St. Basil the Great
St. Barbara and St. Juliana
St. Anthony the Great
St. Anthony the Great and Paul the Hermit
The Holy Martyr Victor
The Holy Martyr Isidore
St. Athanasius
The Apostle Mark
St. Anthony the Great
The Apostles Peter and Paul
