12 JULY 2008, Page 26

Not mocked

Sir: I would like to think that it did not occur to you for one moment that the front cover of your last issue would be deeply offensive to Russian, Greek or any other Orthodox Christians. I can understand that we are such a small minority that we can be safely disregarded, but ‘God is not mocked’ as St Paul teaches. Icons are holy objects that depict holy people, and treating them in this sacrilegious way brings its own consequences.

Nicholas K. Rushton

Liverpool