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Painting the Iconographic Murals at Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery

By Vladimir Grygorenko on September 15, 2020
Painting the Iconographic Murals at Saint Gregory Palamas Monastery

I have been asked to paint the iconographic murals in the new chapel at St. Gregory Palamas Monastery in Perrysville, Ohio. This chapel, dedicated to St. Gregory Palamas, is yet another good example of contemporary Orthodox architecture. It unites the traditional appearance of Byzantine interiors with the familiar exterior detailing of rural vernacular architecture. It […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Byzantine, chapel, frescoes, gregory palamas monastery, iconography, murals, ohio, Orthodox, russian, Vladimir Grygorenko September 15, 2020

Murals for the Burning Bush Chapel and Prothesis at St John of the Ladder in Greenville, South Carolina

By Seraphim O'Keefe on May 29, 2020
Murals for the Burning Bush Chapel and Prothesis at St John of the Ladder in Greenville, South Carolina

Introduction to the Project I have been commissioned to design and paint the wall iconography for the parish church of St. John of the Ladder in Greenville, South Carolina. This beautiful temple is of Andrew Gould’s design. His OAJ article about it appears here. I intend to post updates on the iconography project occasionally. As […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged burning bush, fresco, frescoes, greenville, iconographer, iconography, liturgical art, mural, Orthodox Arts Journal, Prothesis, seraphim o'keefe, silicate, St John of the Ladder May 29, 2020

Review of “TREASURE IN A BOX: A Guide to the Icons of St Andrew” by Mary Kathryn Lowell

By Aidan Hart on March 19, 2020
Review of "TREASURE IN A BOX: A Guide to the Icons of St Andrew" by Mary Kathryn Lowell

In this newly published book, Mary Lowell describes the eighty-six icons and murals painted by Ksenia Pokrovsky (1942-2013) for St Andrew’s Orthodox church in Lexington, Kentucky. The icons and this book about them comprise a graphic account of the history of salvation, a visual catechism. The icons depict not just the major feasts of the […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged catechism tool, commissions, frescoes, iconography, Icons, Life of Christ, murals, New Testament, Old Testament, Russia, teacher, Theology March 19, 2020

Fr Gregory Kroug – An Exhibition Honoring the 50th Anniversary of his Repose

By Seraphim O'Keefe on October 8, 2019
Fr Gregory Kroug – An Exhibition Honoring the 50th Anniversary of his Repose

  The Exhibition In late June, I was blessed with the opportunity to spend a week in Paris, attending an exhibition in honor of the 50th anniversary of the repose of iconographer monk Gregory Kroug. The event ran from May 14th through June 30th, and included a curated exhibition of Kroug’s iconography displayed in the […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Byzantine, exhibition, frescoes, icon painting, iconograpahy, Kroug, Krug, Leonid Ouspensky, murals, Orthodox, russian, seraphim o'keefe October 8, 2019

An Interview with Iconographer Vladimir Grygorenko – His Recent Work and Developing Style

By Andrew Gould on August 19, 2019
An Interview with Iconographer Vladimir Grygorenko - His Recent Work and Developing Style

A. Gould: How did you first set out to be an iconographer? What led to this decision, and what was your initial artistic training?  V. Grygorenko: I began painting icons long before my conversion to Christianity, which happened back in 1991. For nine years I studied traditional oil painting in the art studio at Dnipropetrovsk […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, dallas, frescoes, iconographer, Icons, murals, Orthodox, russian, saint seraphim cathedral, Vladimir Grygorenko August 27, 2019

Santa Maria Antiqua – The Heart of the East in the Centre of Rome

By Jonathan Pageau on January 15, 2014
Santa Maria Antiqua – The Heart of the East in the Centre of Rome

    (Editor’s note:  This article was submitted by Fr Paul Walliker, an Antiochian Orthodox Priest who has a Master of Visual Art (Painting) from Monash University, Australia. The focus of his project for his Masters Degree was Santa Maria Antiqua. He also recently attended the conference held at the British School of Rome on Santa Maria Antiqua)  […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography | Tagged anastasis, archeology, deisis, frescoes, history, iconography, Icons, paleochristian, rome, typology July 3, 2014
 

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