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‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony

By Christabel Helena Anderson on September 3, 2020
‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony

Archimandrite Sophrony, painting Christ at the Last Supper, early 1980s, the Monastery of St John the Baptist, Refectory.[1]  Image: ©The Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex.   Editorial note: This is the second part of a series on the artistic path and iconographic legacy of Saint Sophrony (Sakharov) as seen through a collection […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Reviews, Theory, Writers | Tagged abyss, art, biography, book review, Elder Sophrony, England, English Iconography, essex, Father Sophrony, icon painting, iconographer, iconography, liturgical art, Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Paris, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Saint Silouan, St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Sophrony, St. Sophrony the Athonite, Theology, Tradition March 31, 2021

Seeking Perfection in the World of Art: The Artistic Path of Father Sophrony

By Christabel Helena Anderson on January 3, 2019
Seeking Perfection in the World of Art: The Artistic Path of Father Sophrony

Editorial note: Due to its little-known subject matter and the book’s current limited availability in some regions, the following is a summary, rather than a standard review, of Seeking Perfection in the World of Art: The Artistic Path of Father Sophrony1 – Sister Gabriela’s monograph on the artistic journey and iconographic legacy of Elder Sophrony. […]

Posted in Iconography, Reviews, Theory | Tagged Architecture, athonite, book review, Elder Sophrony, England, English Iconography, essex, Fr. Sophrony, Icon, iconography, liturgical art, monastery, mount athos, Orthodox Church, pencil drawings, russian, Russian Orthodox, St. Silouan, St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Sophrony the Athonite, Tolleshunt Knights, Tradition March 31, 2021

Our Lady of Lincoln Sculpture

By Aidan Hart on June 17, 2014
Our Lady of Lincoln Sculpture

I had often wondered if a three dimensional sculpture could be made to act like an icon, leading the viewer to the holy person depicted rather than acting as a self-contained art object. And so I was pleased when I was commissioned to design and carve a two metre (6′-6″) high stone sculpture of the […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Aidan Hart, England, iconography, limestone, lincoln cathedral, Our Lady of Lincoln, pilgrimage, polychrome, romanesque, sculpture, shrine August 24, 2015

Christabel Anderson: Authenticity in Sacred Art

By Jonathan Pageau on October 17, 2012
Christabel Anderson: Authenticity in Sacred Art

Christabel Anderson is one of our collaborators on the Orthodox Art Journal.  She is a British Iconographer and Manuscript Illuminator to whom was recently attributed the prestigious QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) Craft award.   That someone who considers herself first and foremost an Iconographer could be recognized in this manner is already a tribute […]

Posted in Artist Features, Uncategorized | Tagged azurite, Eastern Orthodox, England, guilding, iconographer, iconography, Icons, illumination, lapis lazuli, manuscript, Orthodox, sacred art, vellum June 5, 2017

Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

By Aidan Hart on July 2, 2012
Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

We often hear it said that traditional Orthodox liturgical arts are reviving. But how far advanced is this revival, how mature is it, and what in fact are we reviving? In this article I would like to stimulate discussion by briefly considering three related subjects: indigenous iconography, maturity, and features of a healthy climate that […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, Eastern Orthodox, England, Greek Orthodox, iconographer, iconography, indidgenous, intellect, liturgical arts, modern iconography, nous, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, religious art, Russian Orthodox, western icons August 25, 2015

Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies Summer School

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on June 22, 2012

The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies will be holding their 13th annual summer school course at Westminster College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July 22-27.  The course is called “The Icon: A Bridge Between East and West”. The schedule features several talks and events. The speakers are an exemplary group of scholars, including  the renowned Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged Aidan Hart, Byzantine, Byzantine iconogrpahy, Cambridge, Coptic, England, iconography, Icons, Kallistos Ware, Monastery of St. John the Baptist July 10, 2014
 

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