Holy Family

The icon of the "Holy Family" presents the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and the infant Jesus Christ. The icon has been painted by great hagiographers, both in the West and in Orthodox, Byzantine iconography, but it has also come under numerous attacks from people who consider it "heretical". Those who claim the heretical depiction of the "Holy Family" are mainly based on the "degradation" of Saint Joseph and his offering and the "undermining" of the Virginity of the Virgin Mary.