I've got the same icon (a photo of Rublev's original) as the background on my computer. There's something about praying with the visual aid of icons that seems to counteract the constant images with which we are bombarded in our society.
 

Beautiful indeed.
 

I haven't quite gone so far as to pray using icons, although I suppose at this point I don't have a lot of intellectual reasons against it. Perhaps I ought to give it a try.
 

Wonders,
Thanks for sharing this. I have been fascinated to look into icons, knowing little about it. Striking and beautiful. I can see how it not only helps one to meditate on its truth when looking at it, but also when not.
 

Where do you get icons like this?
 

Matthias,

I included the link to the site where I got it in my original post. The icons at that place are rather hit-or-miss, but there are some good ones. You can easily find a print of Rublev's original (which some like better), but it hasn't weathered time all that well and I prefer a faithful reproduction. Skete is also a good place.
 

We were discussing this icon at our Prayer Meeting today; and there is a theorly supported by Richard Rohr and others that the rectangle below the table was actually the place for a MIRROR...i.e. we are to be included in this Divine Banquet.
A wonderful idea and suppported by Russian hagiographers who have found residue which had a glue-based element. Thank you for the opportunity to add my thoughts.
 

With regard to pictures of the Trinity, people might find this article helpful....

Poor Analogies and Illustrations Used to Teach the Trinity Which May Teach Heresy Instead
by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor/teacher, Southern View Chapel

Without question, the Trinity is one of the most complicated, mysterious and difficult doctrines for God’s people to comprehend. The core doctrine of Old Testament Judaism was monotheism as expressed in the Shema in Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one!” And while there are scattered references to the three members who composed the Godhead in the Old Testament, those references are better understood in the light of New Testament revelation. We look back now with clarity and recognize the Father, Son and Holy Spirit all are present prior to the incarnation, but it is doubtful that many Old Testament saints grasped the idea of a Trinity, at least not with the precision that Christians do today. So it is not surprising that when the Patristics attempted to understand and define the Triune God that there was much confusion and difference of opinion. When the dust had settled and the creeds, such as Nicene, Athanasian, and the Apostle were inked, a definition for the Trinity had been formulated that all true Christians would accept. A representative definition would be: “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”[1]

Given the almost incomprehensible nature of the Trinity, Christians have expended great efforts to understand and explain the Triune nature of the Godhead. This is especially true when well-meaning believers try to teach mind-expanding subjects such as this one to children. At such times it is not unusual for a Sunday school teacher or parent to turn to illustrations to try and unravel and simplify the Trinity. Illustrations are often helpful in explaining difficult concepts since like a window, they let in the light to illuminate the substance. In regards to the Godhead, the church has, throughout the ages, offered analogies drawn from common experience to attempt to crystalize our understanding. The problem with such analogies is that the Trinity is unlike any other reality with which we are familiar. As a result, the analogies suggested lead not only to lack of clarity but often to heresy.
The article continues but the above is the essence.

[1] James White, The Forgotten Trinity, Recovering the Heart of Christian Belief, (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers: 1998), p. 26