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The Orthodox Arts Journal is sponsoring its first-ever art and architecture package tour, which will take place in the Balkans.
This tour will last 2 weeks, and will visit all the key sites for medieval architecture, frescoes, and liturgical art in Serbia, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. It will begin in Belgrade on May, 30th, 2023, and end in Skopje on June 12th.
Leading the tour will be Andrew Gould, American church designer and liturgical artist, and founder of the Orthodox Arts Journal. Our local co-leader will be Ivan Krucican, an expert in medieval art from the National Museum in Belgrade.
Tour Leader Andrew Gould
Andrew chose the Balkans for our tour because of the unique confluence of Eastern and Western artistic influence there. In this region, one can find Romanesque architecture akin to that of Western Europe, but built for Orthodox worship and painted with Byzantine frescoes.
The contemporary adaptation of Orthodox traditions to western culture has been a primary interest of the Orthodox Arts Journal from the beginning. The Balkans allows us to see how a similar convergence occurred in the middle ages. The monuments we see there will be a catalyst for lively discussions about Orthodoxy and art in the contemporary west.
The tour is being organized in collaboration with Fr. Ilya Gotlinsky and Orthodox Tours, who have many years of experience crafting outstanding travel experiences.
Anyone with interest in joining this tour, or a future OAJ tour, is asked to write directly to Andrew Gould (andrew@newworldbyzantine.com) to be placed on the email list for this event.
Gradac Monastery
St. Naum Monastery
St. Naum Monatery
Zica Monastery
Decani Monastery
Decani Monastery
Decani Monastery
Crna Reka Monastery
Church of the Theotokos of Ljevisha in Prizren
Gracanica Monastery
Markov Monastery
If you are separating Kosovo from Serbia, hope you will not consider medieval Byzantine Christian heritage on Kosovo to be of Albanian origin.
Obviously not. Do the Albanians in Kosovo claim such heritage as their own?
We Serbs tend to be sensitive when Kosovo is presented as a country, rather than a region of Serbia, that’s what Jasna was implying I assume. I would suggest putting a clarification that this tour will be visiting Kosovo and Metohija, rather than just “Kosovo”. This I would strongly suggest putting close to your hearts when visiting the monasteries there, as this “small” distinction is a matter of life and death to Serbs that still remain living there.
defenitily interested.
is there a date already ?
Tentatively end of May/early June, but with potential to push it back if we don’t find enough participants for those dates.
Considering Viking tour Budapest to Bucharest. Would like t o consider yours. Thank you.
Temptations abound!!! How can I resist so much beauty!Ingeborg Kol
Very interested. Do you costing completed at this point. Sandra Goth
I am most interested. Please keep me informed as to the status.
Cathleen
Gracanica Monastery – it looks like Simoneda has been restored. Is that in fact the case?
I’ve been to Gracanica twice and would love to visit once more. As an icon painter,
I am most excited to hear of this tour.
Macedonian people do not appreciate the word N before the name
How would they suggest foreigners distinguish their country from the area of Greece of the same name?
Very interested. Please keep me in the loop.
What’s the cost? Sounds real interesting.
I have young kids and it’s hard for me to take a trip like this right now, but in the future I would love to! I hope you keep doing these.
looks amazing. please add me to your you e-blasts about the this OA Journal and the trip.