[angeldimmon]

The "no veneration of the icon for a year" sounds a bit like the folk custom of "can't get married until a year has passed after a major bereavement", or, as our recent member Clare was told, that she "should use the name Photeini at all times, instead of Clare", even though Clare is the exact equivalent of Photeini. Such ideas are honourable in intent, but without any real foundation in Orthodox doctrine, practice or theology, and examples of what some affectionately call "yiayialogy" or "babalogy".

If you're truly concerned about the stability of the surface or pigments of the icons, simply ask the iconographer who painted them. As I said before, I would be very surprised if he would have released them to you if they were not ready to be venerated.