Question:

How did they obtain the current images of the Virgin Mary and the saints, when photography was not known in their days?

Answer:

Indeed, photography was not known at that time but drawing and sculpture have been known since the earliest ages.

Among the monuments of the ancient Pharaohs, we find accurate images of them.

Some images of the saints have been preserved for us through drawing.

One of the writers of the Four Gospels—Luke the Evangelist—was a painter, and he painted an image of the Virgin Mary.

An article by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III – El-Keraza Magazine – Second Year – Issue 10 – December 1966.

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