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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
 

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