Editing Icon (section)

===Egypt and Ethiopia===
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[[File:Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ.jpg|thumb|Ethiopian Orthodox painting of the [[Virgin Mary]] nursing the infant Christ]]
The [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] also have distinctive, living icon painting traditions. Coptic icons have their origin in the Hellenistic art of Egyptian Late Antiquity, as exemplified by the [[Fayum mummy portraits]]. Beginning in the 4th century, churches painted their walls and made icons to reflect an authentic expression of their faith.