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Icons express the understanding of the Orthodox Christian Church but exist for all. They are sacred images, filled with theological and spiritual significance.

Icons are simultaneously a revelation and mystery; they speak to the inner eye and the searching heart. Every icon offers a quiet beauty and a means of veneration, prayer and reflection.

The majority of the icons featured on this website were painted in accordance with the traditional techniques of medieval icon painting and conform to the precepts of Orthodox Christian iconography. The icons were all commissioned from the English icon painter, Helen McIldowie-Jenkins.

The aim of Elenis Hand Painted Icons is to continue the rich tradition of icon painting.

The Mother of God of Loving Protection and St Nicholas with Saints Aiden, Andrew, John, Edmund and Benedict.

The diptych was centre stage at Westminster Abbey in November 2011 as part of the Woodard Schools Corporation bicentenary celebrations, for which it was commissioned. Further information about the diptych

Press release: The Woodard Diptych on the High Altar at Westminster Abbey Service


The Woodard Diptych icon is carried through the Abbey

Pupils read the Woodard Preamble to the Service

 Interested in writing icons?
Please visit the Icon Adventures website for specialist Icon Writing Retreats, Egypt (with pilgrimage to St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt Sinai) and Assisi, Italy (coming soon in 2012). Small group tuition, beginners (from all denominations) especially welcome. www.iconadventures.co.uk