Churches of North Macedonia – Monastery of Saint Naum
Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post features an especially beloved monastery in North Macedonia – The Monastery of Saint Naum. Saint Naum was a disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, and participated in their mission to spread Christianity and literacy in Europe. After completing the Moravian mission, he settled in Bulgaria…
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Making Magnificent Hammer-Crafted Icons; an Interview with Evan Wilson
Gould: You’ve only recently started making icons using chasing and repoussé, yet your first projects are nothing short of magnificent. Can you tell us something about your background, to put this work in context? Wilson: I am a married father of two young sons, living on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. We attend Transfiguration Greek…
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Znamenny Chant for the 21st Century
The subject of this article — the “Znamenny Chantlet Database Project” — is a continuation of a proposal[1] initially unveiled by the author at the 2014 Pan-Orthodox Symposium on Orthodox Composition, held at Northern Kentucky University, and in a paper[2] given in 2015 at the Conference of the International Society of Orthodox Church Musicians…
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Teaching Traditional Ecclesial Pictorial Embroidery
I would like to introduce you to my new project, Katrusya Studio, which was established to teach people Medieval ecclesial pictorial embroidery. What is pictorial embroidery? The term “pictorial embroidery” refers to any embroidery depicting faces and figures of people. Ecclesial pictorial embroidery encompasses figures of saints, scenes from their lives, and famous historical events.…
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Humility
If only we could speak to ourselves from the future! How many valuable insights and skills could we have shared with our past selves! On the other hand, how would we have learned these things if not through the mistakes we make today? Is there a way to learn without mistakes? We have books, videos,…
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In this long-format interview, Andrew Gould discusses numerous aspects of liturgical arts and architecture with Anglican organist Matthew Wilkinson. Our conversation touches upon church architecture, Eastern and Western…
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If only we could speak to ourselves from the future! How many valuable insights and skills could we have shared with our past selves! On the other hand,…
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Gould: You’ve only recently started making icons using chasing and repoussé, yet your first projects are nothing short of magnificent. Can you tell us something about your background,…
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This video features a discussion I had with Dr. Timothy Patitsas. We discuss liturgical arts, patronage, culture, and the experience of the artist. We delve deep into the…
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This text is not just an article – it’s also a call for a combined effort. We invite you to support our documentary film the on Svaneti frescoes…
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Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post features an especially beloved monastery in North Macedonia – The Monastery of Saint Naum. Saint Naum was a…
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Sharing our teaching method, I invite fellow iconographers to share their views on teaching, as only by approaching this subject from several sides can we foster a new…
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Editor’s Note: This open letter was written in response to Philip Davydov’s call for master iconographers to address some fundamental questions about their art and its relationship to…
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Writing this text, I can’t help but feel that it opens up (or continues) a very extensive subject, which will require a lot of effort just to be…
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Resuming my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post features an especially interesting and beautiful church in North Macedonia – The Church of Saint George in the village…
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Sacred Arts East and West: A Conversation with Aidan Hart, Jonathan Pageau, and Andrew Gould
The Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA) at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) will host a panel discussion with artists and scholars Aidan Hart, Jonathan Pageau, and Andrew Gould, on Monday, April 24, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. The event will be moderated by ISA founding director and SVOTS Professor of Systematic Theology Dr Peter Bouteneff and Associate Professor of…
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In this long-format interview, Andrew Gould discusses numerous aspects of liturgical arts and architecture with Anglican organist Matthew Wilkinson. Our conversation touches upon church architecture, Eastern and Western rites, American cultural heritage from hymn-singing to fine woodworking, robotic production of ornamentation, historic styles from baroque to brutalist, liturgical music, acoustics, and much more.
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The purpose of this project is to make available online a collection of graphic illustrations of the highest quality. The collection will focus on iconographic drawings and related graphic ornaments stylistically suited to the illumination of printed Orthodox publications. The project will address the needs of Orthodox book designers, graphic artists, and many others, who desire excellent imagery for their publications.
Liturgical Crafts
Aidan Hart & Co.
Douglas Trail-Johnson – Woodcarving and Furniture
Elena and Sergio Nikolenko – Icon Carving
Filigran Pokimica – Silver Filigree
Georgia Angelopoulos – Calligraphy
Jonathan Pageau – Icon Carving
Mary May – Woodcarving
Micah Gabriel Andrews – Mosaics
Mosaic Studio Transfiguration
New World Byzantine Studios
Olga Fishchuk – Embroidery
Riza Vestments
Krista West Vestments
Avlea Folk Embroidery
Gallery Byzantium – Jewelry
Design
Iconography
John Jurewicz
Julia Bridget Hayes
Katherine Sanders
Konstantinos Yannakis
Markos Kampanis
Matushka Ann Margitich
Natalia Aglitskaya
Sacred Murals Studio
Seraphim O’Keefe
St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery
Symeon van Donkelaar
Tregubov Studios
Vasilios Manesis
Vladimir Frontinsky
Vladimir Grygorenko
Zharov Studio
Music
Media
Travel
Education
Saint Tikhon Monastery Music Residency
Patriarch Tikhon Russian-American Music Institute
American College of the Building Arts
Pontifex University
Saint John of Damascus Society
The Prince’s School
Valentin Yotkov Metalworking Studio
Workshops with Anton and Ekaterina Daineko
Saint Tikhon Monastery Icon Painting Classes
The Chichester Workshop
Katrusya Studio Online Embroidery Classes
Ikonographics Online Icon Painting Classes
Association of Iconographers of Ireland
St. Tikhon's Art Institute Icon Painting Classes
Sacred Murals Studio Icon Painting Classes