balkans Archives – Orthodox Arts Journal

Portraits of Light and Shadow in Balkan Churches – Part 2: Peć, Gračanica, and Dečani

By Andrew Gould | July 16, 2023 |

Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post will feature wide-angle interior portraits of the three great monastery churches of the Kosovo and Metohija region. Peć, Gračanica, and Dečani are monuments of unequalled importance, astonishing for their architecture and frescoes, and for their incredible state of preservation in this most embattled region. Because few…

Portraits of Light and Shadow in Balkan Churches – Part 1: Serbia

By Andrew Gould | July 10, 2023 |

Having completed the first tour sponsored by the Orthodox Arts Journal, which took place in June of 2023, I’ve been considering how to share some of the four-thousand photographs I captured. The tour was a resounding success, visiting thirty monasteries and many other churches and cathedrals. Because of the volume of splendid things we saw,…

OAJ Tour of the Balkans Led by Andrew Gould

By OAJ Editorial Staff | January 10, 2023 |

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,…