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Not sure where it's from specifically! It's an Icon of Christ Pantocrator I found here:
https://pixabay.com/photos/pantocrator-jesus-christ-evangelists-2110961/

I'm asking out of praticality rather religious reasons. I bought one from Amazon made of wood, it was a this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0090IKZJE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_K.haGbXKRE5VV?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1, and the quality was extremely poor. The cross was hard to make out, the wood brittle, and mahy other errors.

I returned it, but I still want a cross which reflects the East in communion with Rome. I wanted some suggestions because of that

Philokalia Volume 5

I suggest reading this: https://www.amazon.com/Questions-Answers-Eastern-Catholic-Churches/dp/0809144417/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GTY4MT911WEY&keywords=101+byzantine+questions&qid=1658409315&sprefix=101+byzantine+questions%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1

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I'm currently reading it and it's really helpful.

I've never heard of it. But I imagine I will. I bet in about six months Ubi Petrus will have an article going point by point, shredding the Roman claims of supremacy.

Papal supremacy as outlined in Vatican I remains an exaggeration. It is indefensible until it is restored to its Apostolic context. The role of the papacy is one of service. To serve the unity of the Catholic Church. Not to lord over it with imagined super-authority.

I've not read this but I've had it recommended to me a couple different times. https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Peter-Apostolic-Discourse-Divinations/dp/0812223691

For Eastern spirituality, this is an excellent beginner's book. It's by no means all encompassing, as it focuses almost exclusively on the Jesus Prayer, but it's an excellent first step into the Byzantine tradition.

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Pilgrim-Continues-His/dp/0385468148

They don't just come in hooks. Try something like this.

“Celebration!” By Bishop Raya of Galilee. And excellent read and walk through the Byzantine Divine Liturgy. It won’t go very deep into the liturgical development or anything but gets to the heart of everything we do.

https://www.amazon.com/Celebration-Reflections-Divine-Holy-Liturgy/dp/1892278421

You're welcome. And you can do a search on the page for "statue." It is an old translation, and I don't think it has the full text. https://www.amazon.com/Treatises-Vladimirs-Seminary-Popular-Patristics/dp/0881412457/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=john+of+damascus+icons&qid=1607340821&sr=8-2 is the complete text, in a modern translation, with all of his quotes from sources which he does at the end of each treatise; in them, one will find him quoting stories about statues and using them to justify icons.

Beginning to Pray by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom has absolutely revolutionized my prayer life. I highly recommend it! https://store.ancientfaith.com/beginning-to-pray-metropolitan-anthony-bloom/ or https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Pray-Anthony-Bloom/dp/0809115093

Adding a second reply, I'd suggest thinking about a stricter lenten fast then just Wed, Fri. We are called to fully embrace our Eastern roots (Vatican II even ordered us to do so), and I think you will find a huge amount of fruitfullness from that. Join a daily fast with a good morning reflection or a good book and you will find a ton of great blessings from the process!

We are called to a threefold Lent. Prayer, Fast, and Almsgiving. Through the pain of hunger, we look inwardly at our broken souls, and pray to grow closer to Christ. Likewise, we use the pain of hunger and abstinence to reflect upon the poor, who have no choice but to fast. We use our prayer and reflection to lead us to living out our faith through a Lenten service of Almsgiving by working with the poor.

And hopefully, by the time of Pascha, we have grown infinitely deeper in our faith, and celebrate the feast with great rejoicing, ready to march on ever stronger!