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Canon: Time for a Paradigm Shift…Part IV

By Todor Mitrović | July 13, 2020 |

How to Conceive a Paradigm Shift? In the end, of course, we cannot naïvely expect that this change of paradigm can be imposed by some “official directive.” As the “chair and apple” example shows, such change happens neither easily nor suddenly. The need for change can be voiced, or even generated by an individual,…

Imagination, Expression, Icon: Reclaiming the Internal Prototype

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano | October 10, 2017 |

Editor’s Note: This article is a revised and expanded version of the talk with the same title given at the symposium, Living Tradition: Painting Sacred Icons in the 21st Century, organized by the Orthodox Arts Journal and which took place on May 23, 2015, at Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, Mt. Pleasant, SC. This post is…