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Painting as Prayer, The Art of A. Sophrony Sakharov

By Christabel Helena Anderson on April 8, 2021
Painting as Prayer, The Art of A. Sophrony Sakharov

Editorial note: This is the third part of a series on the artistic path and iconographic legacy of Saint Sophrony the Athonite (1896-1993) as seen through a collection of monographs written by Sister Gabriela, a member of his monastic community in Essex, England.  The previous articles, Seeking Perfection in the World of Art can be […]

Posted in Iconography, Reviews, Theory | Tagged Architecture, art, athonite, Christ, church, Eastern Orthodox, essex, fresco, Icon, icon painting, iconographer, iconography, liturgical, liturgical art, liturgy, Monastery of St. John the Baptist, mount athos, Orthodox, Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox, Sr Gabriela, St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Sophrony the Athonite, Tradition April 8, 2021

On The Origin of Ὁ ὬΝ in The Halo of Christ

By Fr. Steven Bigham on June 26, 2016
On The Origin of Ὁ ὬΝ in The Halo of Christ

We are so used to seeing the features of Christ in icons that we no longer pay attention to them, thinking they have always been there, as we see them, taking them for granted. We have perhaps forgotten that behind each feature there is a history and a theological meaning to discover and rediscover. So […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Christ, history, Icon, iconology June 27, 2016

A New Icon Composition: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler

By Katherine Sanders on October 9, 2015
A New Icon Composition: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler

This spring, I received an email from an American client which left me both intrigued and slightly anxious. Would I like to paint a new icon depicting Christ’s interaction with the Rich Young Ruler described in each of the Synoptic Gospels? Yes, of course! Most icons are commissioned, discussed and then go onto my waiting […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Byzantine, Christ, gospel, Icon, iconographer, katherine sanders, new composition, Orthodox, rich young man, rich young ruler, russian, scotland October 9, 2015

A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

By Christabel Helena Anderson on March 3, 2015
A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

Editor’s note:  This article continues Aidan Hart’s recent article about a reliquary for Saint Vincent of Zaragoza and details Christabel Anderson’s process for making the cloisonnée icon.   This article contains a background to the history and technique of cloisonné enamel and a description of the processes used in making the cloisonné enamel icon plaque of Saint Vincent […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Anglo-Saxon, art, Byzantine, champlevé, Christ, cloisonne, design, Eastern Orthodox, enamel, enameling, enamelling, gold, Icon, iconographer, iconography, kiln, madrid, Metalwork, okhlad, Orthodox Church, precious metals, protomartyr, quill, reliquary, repousse, Revetment, riza, Russia, Russian icons, saint, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Vincent, silver, St. Vincent, Symbolism, techniques March 1, 2015

New Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in Cardiff, Wales

By Aidan Hart on July 5, 2013
New Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in Cardiff, Wales

Having studied mosaics all over the world for many years I was delighted to receive a commission last year to create a mosaic for a church in Wales. I completed the illustrated mosaic of Christ Pantocrator in March this year. It is sited on the exterior wall of St Martin’s Church of Wales in Roath, […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Byzantine, cardiff, Christ, greek, Hagia Sophia, Icon, mosaic, Orthodox, pantocrator, Ravenna, smalti, wales August 25, 2015

Letter To an Iconographer on The Ancient of Days

By Fr. Steven Bigham on March 4, 2013
Letter To an Iconographer on The Ancient of Days

Sometime ago, a friend sent me an image of the Ancient of Days that is being painted in a Greek Orthodox parish in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He wanted to know what I thought of it. The first image was not yet finished and the seond one is finished. I wrote him back the following comments.  […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged ancient of days, canon, Christ, daniel, greek, heresy, Icon, iconography, son of man, vision July 14, 2014

Theophany and What Sacred Art Does

By Jonathan Pageau on January 4, 2013
Theophany and What Sacred Art Does

You enter a silent museum.  Standing at an appropriate distance, you gaze at a piece of art set against a clinically white wall.  The art is lit as to leave no glare or shine and you as the viewer leave no shadow on it.  Enough space is allotted all around the art so to be admired without […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgy | Tagged art, blessing cross, Christ, gallery, Holy water, Icon, iconography, Jonathan Pageau, liturgy, museum, Orthodox, theophany, Water July 14, 2014

The Ass and The Ox in The Nativity Icon

By Jonathan Pageau on December 24, 2012
The Ass and The Ox in The Nativity Icon

There is no ass or ox in the Biblical narratives of the birth of Christ.  Yet, besides the Christ Child himself, the ass and the ox are the most ancient and stable elements in the iconography of the nativity.  In fact the earliest example of a nativity known to us contains only the swaddled Christ in the manger flanked by the ox […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged ass, balaam, birth, Christ, christmas, donkey, Icon, iconography, Isaiah, Jonathan Pageau, nativity, Orthodox, ox, prophecy, sarcophagus, symbol, Symbolism December 19, 2014

Designing a Syrian Orthodox Panagia

By Jonathan Pageau on December 7, 2012
Designing a Syrian Orthodox Panagia

I was recently asked by a young student of St-Vladimir’s Seminary to make a Panagia which he wanted to give to his bishop.  This student is of Indian background and a Syrian Orthodox.  I have always been fascinated by Orthodoxy in India,  the stories of St-Thomas, the link with Nestorian Christianity and also their long […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged buddha, Carving, Christ, cross, hinduism, Hodegetria, Icon, iconography, India, jacobite, malankara, Mongolia, Nestorian, Orthodox, Paduk, panagia, pendant, shiva, steatite, Syriac, Syrian, theotokos, Virgin and child July 14, 2014

St-John Chrysostom on Liturgical Art

By Jonathan Pageau on October 5, 2012
St-John Chrysostom on Liturgical Art

As a liturgical artist, as someone who makes expensive objects to furnish the Church or to be worn by its clergy, there is a homily of St-John Chrysostom I like to keep in the back of my mind.  It is a homily on the Gospel of St-Mathew in which he warns us:   “Do you want […]

Posted in Liturgical Objects, Liturgy, Theory, Uncategorized | Tagged Christ, Chrysostom, Eastern Orthodox, Jonathan Pageau, Orthodox Church, poor July 10, 2014
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