An art historian tells him that people have been stealing old icons from the region, even though they are radioactive.

Often enough the results give fresh dimension to old icons.

Find and replace the old icons too, please!

The old icons and church vessels are now kept in a new church nearby.

Some of the old icons were stolen or destroyed.

I'd still rather have the old icon back, but those pixels are behind us now.

There was a time when the old Russian icon was not appreciated as a masterpiece of world culture.

Even the picture on top of the article is using the old icon!

The monastery was previously sacked in 1997 when some very old icons and other items of value were stolen.

Some are copies of older icons and frescoes from other churches throughout Georgia.