https://ikonastone.com/en/news/ Churches, chapels, stone and craft: what is being built around the world and what is worth knowing before the drawing. en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://ikonastone.com/en/news/granite-steps-for-a-church/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/granite-steps-for-a-church/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTGranite steps for a church: why granite suits an entrance, what surface the treads need, why two colours of stone, and handrails on both sides. https://ikonastone.com/en/news/cross-with-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-white-marble-black-granite/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/cross-with-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-white-marble-black-granite/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMTCross with an icon of the Mother of God: a round image at the crossing, the letters MP and IC XC, a plaque. White marble on a black granite base. https://ikonastone.com/en/news/stone-cross-with-the-crucifixion-how-to-read-it/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/stone-cross-with-the-crucifixion-how-to-read-it/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTA stone cross with the Crucifixion reads from the bottom up: base, niche, Golgotha, Crucifixion. What the skull and the letters ІНЦІ (INRI) and IC XC mean. https://ikonastone.com/en/news/icon-of-st-nicholas-on-stone-arch-halo-inscription/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/icon-of-st-nicholas-on-stone-arch-halo-inscription/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:30:00 GMTIcon of St Nicholas on stone: how to recognise the image, why Christ and the Mother of God appear above, and what to decide: arch, halo, inscription. https://ikonastone.com/en/news/jackson-missouri-new-gothic-church/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/jackson-missouri-new-gothic-church/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTA Jackson, Missouri, parish is building a Gothic Revival church by Mythodium Architects. It has grown; the old church, the architects say, lacks grandeur. https://ikonastone.com/en/news/stone-sculpture-good-shepherd-and-mother-of-god/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/stone-sculpture-good-shepherd-and-mother-of-god/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTStone sculpture for church grounds or a chapel: the Good Shepherd and the Mother of God with the Child. Sculpture in the round versus relief. https://ikonastone.com/en/news/saviour-not-made-by-hands-icon-on-stone/https://ikonastone.com/en/news/saviour-not-made-by-hands-icon-on-stone/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:30:00 GMTThe Saviour Not-Made-by-Hands: the image of Christ on a cloth, by Tradition the first. How to recognise it, why a round form suits it, where it is placed.