Iconography, njenganoma yisiphi isitayela sobuciko, sinemithetho yaso kanye nemigomo ethile yokumelela abangcwele. Lolu hlobo lwezinhlobo lungcono, futhi umbhali akakwazi ukuletha uhlobo oluthile lwesifo. Naphezu kwalokhu, phakathi kwezithombe eziningi ungathola izithombe eziningana ezinezici ezithile ezihlukile. Isithonjana se-Orthodox "Umndeni Ongcwele" sinezwi elifanayo.
Kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuthi lesi sithombe asikazanga ukulungiswa yisonto , yingakho ngokuvamile kubhekwa njengesithombe esibhalwe ngesitayela sesonto. Hlonipha ikakhulu lesi sithonjana ku-Israyeli, lapho sitholakala cishe kuwo onke amathempeli, futhi ungayithenga kunoma yisiphi isitolo.
Okushiwo nomthandazo wesithonjana se "Umndeni Ongcwele"
Okokuqala, ake sixoxe ngokuthi kungani isithombe asifuni ukulungiswa, ngoba lokhu kubalulekile. Isinqumo esinjalo asixhunyiwe kuphela ngeziphambeko ezivela enkambisweni yokubulawa, kodwa ngokubunjwa ngokwaso. Into yukuthi esitokisini iSt. Joseph sondela uMariya ngesandla esisodwa phezu kwamahlombe, kanti omunye uyambamba ngesandla. Imininingwane enjalo ibhekwa njengabapristi abaningi njengophawu lobuhlobo bobudlelwane phakathi kwabo, okuyinto e-Orthodoxy engamukeleki. IVangeli ithi ubudlelwane obuphakathi kweMariya noMariya bufana nokubambisana kunomshado ovamile.
Ukuqonda incazelo, kanye nalokho okusiza isithonjana esithi "Umndeni Ongcwele" kufanelekile ukusho ukuthi isithombe sibhekwa njengomuntu onamandla womndeni nomshado. Kunconywa ukuthi ube nesithonjana esinjalo sendlu kubantu abangathanda ukuqinisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwamalungu omndeni, ukuqeda ukungaboni kahle nokubuyisela uthando . Esinye isithombe sisiza ukubuyisela izikweleti nokuhlonipha umuntu ongekho emthethweni. Ngaphambi kwesithonjana sithandazela izoni neziboshwa.
Ukubaluleka kwalo yisithonjana se-Orthodox esithi "The Labour of the Holy Family", esabhalwa kungekudala ngo-1923. Isithombe esibhaliwe si-ascetic futhi siqinile, kodwa isisekelo sasizothatha indaba engalindelekile. Isithonjana sibonisa abantu abathathu: uMariya uMariya, uJesu noSt. Joseph, esebenza emhlanganweni webabazi. Kucatshangwa ukuthi lesi sithombe siboniswa ngokucacile ngendlovu, echaza iminyaka yobuntwana boNkulunkulu-ingane. Lesi sithombe sabizwa ngokuthi sivuselelwe, okungukuthi, umsebenzi wawo oyinhloko ukuvumelanisa nobuqiniso. Kunezinye amagama zalesi sithonjana, isibonelo, "Umndeni Ongcwele ungumfundisi womsebenzi." Emfanekisweni weTheotokos, umgubuzelo wethempeli laseJerusalema uphenya, uJesu usebenza nesisel, kanti uSt. Joseph usika ibhodi.