Iconography in the Assyrian Church of the East

[Spyridon]

I'm actually Greek Orthodox. My grandparents came to the United States after World War II. I attend an Indian Orthodox parish because the priest, Father Michael Hatcher, went to college with my parents. He was a Roman Catholic seminarian, had doubts about celibacy, met a woman who was Indian Orthodox in school, got married, and converted to Indian Orthodoxy. If she hadn't come here from India, and if they hadn't become married, our church wouldn't exist. Our church was founded on the love between husband and wife.

At the cathedral, the only icon on the altar is Mary and child: