Bishop Posyrios and an icon

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• 1. At 6:04pm on 18 Jan 2011, margaret cox wrote:

  Good for Boy George. Not a bad Boy at all.

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• 2. At 6:34pm on 18 Jan 2011, Electra wrote:

  My ancestors come from the village of Kythrea, from where the icon was taken. I have never been there. So, it is wonderful to see an image that my great-grand parents would have looked at as part of their daily lives. Religion played an important part in the life of christians in Cyprus. Icons have a particular power to evoke a sense of the divine. The return of the icon to the church and, eventually, to the village, will resonate for anyone who has ever been moved by the beauty of ancient Greek churches.

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• 3. At 6:36pm on 18 Jan 2011, odewin wrote:

  Boy Georges' magnanimus gesture restores my faith in a culture that has been frowned upon; when those who lord it over us surrender to poets and philosophers the world will be a better place - Boy George, protector of the faith. For what do you remember Lord Elgin.

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• 4. At 7:34pm on 18 Jan 2011, annasee wrote:

  Gosh it's big! I thought icons were small. That's really something. Beautiful painting. Thanks for an interesting "good news" story in a sea of gloom tonight.

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• 5. At 8:09pm on 18 Jan 2011, ernotire wrote:

  Looks like colour by numbers (see what I did there...)

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• 6. At 9:20pm on 18 Jan 2011, Petersib wrote:

  What a terrific altruistic gesture on the part of Boy George. We may not share the same taste in music, but you've clearly made a lot of people happy, well done. You've just found a new fan!

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• 7. At 11:41pm on 18 Jan 2011, Helen Karamallakis wrote:

  What a great story, good man George! I wonder how many other sacred icons are hanging up in stylish drawing rooms around the world?

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• 8. At 07:57am on 19 Jan 2011, Anne P wrote:

  Well done Boy George. Shame about the damage to the left hand edge and the top corner, let's hope it can be restored in every sense to its original home. How nice to have a good news story in these gloomy times.

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• 9. At 09:11am on 19 Jan 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  I am surprised that this story hasn't received more coverage. The redtops are always so prompt to report upon Mr. O'Dowd's misdemeanours and lifestyle, yet nothing is ever reported about acts of altruism such as this. Well done, PM, for carrying this story.

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• 10. At 12:10pm on 19 Jan 2011, DiY wrote:

  Nice one 'Boy George'.

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• 11. At 5:30pm on 19 Jan 2011, davmcn wrote:

  AP 8, I'm sure it is a jig saw puzzle with a piece missing.

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• 12. At 5:31pm on 19 Jan 2011, Stewart_M wrote:

  Yep I found this story really interesting. Good news story and shows Boy George in a Philanthropic light.

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• 13. At 5:53pm on 19 Jan 2011, davmcn wrote:

  mc 1, Have I met you in Winchester? I worked in archaeology there.

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• 14. At 6:35pm on 19 Jan 2011, HVDS wrote:

  I like his latest outfit.

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• 15. At 6:35pm on 20 Jan 2011, Eleni Tryfonos wrote:

  Accidental incidents taking place within unspecified time can yield to momentous revelations.
  Bishop Posyrios, Boy George and the Byzantine icon of "Jesus Christ the Pantocrator" have given the Greek-Cypriots,brutally robbed of their cultural and religious heritage by the Turkish invaders in 1974, a feeling of immense joy and belief if not in divine to natural justice.

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• 16. At 2:39pm on 22 Jan 2011, Eleni Tryfonos wrote:

  By the way, the correct name is Bishop Porphyrios and not Posyrios.

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• 17. At 2:50pm on 22 Jan 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  I believe, Eleni, it is in fact Porfyrios.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12228059

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• 18. At 3:10pm on 22 Jan 2011, Looternite wrote:

  Ironic really that a gay icon hands over an icon to a religious order, not known for tolerance of gays.

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• 19. At 10:07pm on 22 Jan 2011, Sindy wrote:

  17. Big Sister
  
  Looks like it can be either ...
  
  'His Grace Bishop Porphyrios of Neapolis'
  
  http://churchofcypruseu.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=35&lang=english
  
  

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• 20. At 10:10pm on 22 Jan 2011, Sindy wrote:

  18. Looternite
  
  Which religious order is that then? I thought it was the Church of Cyprus.
  
  

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• 21. At 09:54am on 23 Jan 2011, davmcn wrote:

  I think it is Bishop Hemophilia Poryphyra.

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• 22. At 09:58am on 23 Jan 2011, Big Sister wrote:

  Sid, thanks for that link. Problem was, when I googled 'Bishop Porphyrios' in response to Eleni's post, what I found was a bishop from the fourth century, and that was very confusing!

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