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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

Andreas Ritzos and OAJ Nexus

By Mary Lowell on July 1, 2013
Andreas Ritzos and OAJ Nexus

  When Andrew Gould launched the Orthodox Arts Journal (OAJ) in June of 2012, he had in mind the clearinghouse model it has become. It is a service that informs and engages readers in helping to create a culture that values quality Orthodox arts. It is hoped by this effort that a market will emerge […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged Andreas Ritzos, Anna Gouriev, Carving, iconography, Jonathan Pagaeu, Jonathan Pageau, Ksenia Pokrovsky, Mary Lowell, Orthodox Arts Journal July 8, 2014

Artist Profile: Fr. Silouan Justiniano, Iconographer

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on February 18, 2013
Artist Profile: Fr. Silouan Justiniano, Iconographer

Editor’s Note– At the beginning of February, I received an email from an iconographer, Fr. Silouan Justiniano of the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross (ROCOR) in Long Island, New York. Fr. Silouan had an article he was interested in having the Orthodox Arts Journal publish. We will publish it, and Fr. Silouan will henceforth be […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Writers | Tagged Brotherhood of the Holy Cross, Fr. Silouan Justiniano, iconography, Orthodox Arts Journal, ROCOR June 5, 2017

The Recovery of Symbolism

By Jonathan Pageau on October 30, 2012
The Recovery of Symbolism

“Symbolism” is a term that has become quite diluted in the past 500 years. Since the middle ages, the notion of the symbol has undergone a deep mutation due to the immeasurable changes in our experience of knowledge and meaning.  Symbolism has been progressively reduced from underlying our very cosmological world view, to now being a […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged eucharist, iconography, interpretation, Jonathan Pageau, liturgy, Maximos, Maximus, Orthodox Arts Journal, Protestant, Symbolism July 4, 2017

The Carved Miniatures of George Bilak

By Jonathan Pageau on October 10, 2012
The Carved Miniatures of George Bilak

George Bilak is a Serbian carver who now lives in the United States.  He carves miniature icons, pectoral crosses, blessing crosses and eggs that will take your breath away.  I can say without hesitating that he has been one of the biggest influences in how I carve miniatures.  My very first miniature commission, of which […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged art, arts, Bilak, carver, Carving, Eastern Orthodox, engolpion, iconostasis, Jonathan Pageau, Orthodox, Orthodox Arts Journal, panagia, wood June 5, 2017

OAJ at Work

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on August 7, 2012

I would like to draw the readers’ attention to this video. It features OAJ contributor and icon carver Jonathan Pageau in action, and some of his finished works. The Gospel cover and the pectoral crosses were collaborative efforts with OAJ founder, Andrew Gould. The music is Psalm 103, Valaam Chant, by the St. Tikhon’s Mission […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts, Music | Tagged Andrew Gould, Benedict Sheehan, Jonathan Pageau, Orthodox Arts Journal, Pageau Carvings, Promotional, St. Tikhon's, Video August 7, 2012

The Icon: Sign of Unity or Division? (Pt. 5)

By Fr. Steven Bigham on July 11, 2012

This is post 5 of 5 in the series “The Icon: Sign of Unity or Division?” ( Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) The Renaissance of the Canonical Icon Since the end of the 19th century, starting in Russia, the Orthodox Church in all its zones began to experience a rediscovery of its own […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged canonical, Catholic, Eastern Orthodoxy, ecumenism, Fr. Stéphane Bigham, iconography, Icons, Orthodox Arts Journal, Orthodox Church, Protestant, revival April 1, 2017

Folk Icons in Russia

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on July 3, 2012
Folk Icons in Russia

Pravmir.com has an article up featuring an ongoing exhibit of Russian “folk icons”. I have included a few images below, but the article should be read in its entirety. A few things come to mind when looking at these folk icons. As the author points out, these icons have a certain “warm-heartedness” about them, and […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged art, editor, folk icons, Icon, iconography, museum, Orthodox Arts Journal, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Scott Patrick O'Rourke July 10, 2014

The Icon: Sign of Unity or Division? (Pt.4)

By Fr. Steven Bigham on June 29, 2012
The Icon: Sign of Unity or Division? (Pt.4)

This is post 4 of 5 in the series “The Icon: Sign of Unity or Division?” (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) What Is It a Sign of? Among Western Christians, there is a very clear interest in icons. Following Orthodox Christians themselves, certain Catholics and Protestants have rediscovered canonical icons, that is, Christian images […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged decadent, Eastern Orthodoxy, ecumenical council, ecumenism, Fr. Stéphane Bigham, iconography, Icons, idolatry, idols, Orthodox Arts Journal, Orthodox Church, Renaissance, veneration April 1, 2017

Embroidery for the Modern Church

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on June 28, 2012
Embroidery for the Modern Church

In 1995, a small unused room in the Icon Painting School at the Moscow Orthodox Theological Academy was converted into a studio for a single student interested in the lost art of church embroidery. This became the Pictorial Embroidery Department of the Icon Painting School housed in a larger facility within the famous Trinity-St. Sergius […]

Posted in Minor Arts, Vestments | Tagged chuch embroidery, church, Eastern Orthodox, embroider, Kiev, liturgical sewing, Olga Fishchuk, Orthodox, Orthodox Arts Journal July 10, 2014
 

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