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A Professionally-Built Iconostasis for a Mission Church

By Andrew Gould on November 12, 2020
A Professionally-Built Iconostasis for a Mission Church

The iconostasis featured here is the culmination of an idea I have been developing for several years. It is installed at Saint Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I would like to tell the story of how it came to be, and discuss the problems it is meant to solve. The iconostasis […]

Posted in Iconography, Minor Arts | Tagged American, baton rouge, iconography, iconostasis, mission church, Natalia Aglitskaya, New World Byzantine, new world byzantine studios, Orthodox, russian, water gilding November 12, 2020

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

Acoustical Considerations in Orthodox Church Design

By Andrew Gould on April 6, 2020
Acoustical Considerations in Orthodox Church Design

As a designer of Orthodox churches, I am frequently asked whether a proposed church building will have good acoustics. Acoustics is a complex matter that cannot always be catagorized as simply “good” or “bad”. In order to shed some light on this topic, I am going to discuss the various acoustical characteristics encountered in churches, […]

Posted in Architecture, Music | Tagged acoustics, Andrew Gould, Architecture, Byzantine Chant, liturgical, Music, Orthodox, russian April 7, 2020

On Pronouncing Saints’ Names in English

By Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak) on January 22, 2020
On Pronouncing Saints’ Names in English

At the Name of Jesus, every knee shall bow … and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.       —Phil. 2:10, 11 I You might remember the old song in which a man and woman argue about pronunciation. “You like potayto and I like potahto; you like tomayto and I like […]

Posted in Music, Theory | Tagged Byzantine, choral, English, greek, hieromonk herman, liturgical, Music, Orthodox, pronunciation, saint's names, singing January 25, 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

The Living Icon

By Anton Daineko on August 28, 2019
The Living Icon

Editor’s Note: This essay was originally written in Russian by master iconographer Anton Daineko of Minsk, Belarus. It beautifully explores the paradox of creativity within iconography from the very personal perspective of a lifelong practitioner. Anton and Ekaterina Daineko regularly teach icon-painting workshops in the USA, which are highly recommended. They have upcoming workshops in […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Byzantine, contemporary, Daineko, fresco, iconography, modern, Orthodox, russian, Theory August 28, 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

A Constellation of Chandeliers – Some Recent Lighting Projects

By Andrew Gould on March 29, 2019
A Constellation of Chandeliers – Some Recent Lighting Projects

I have written some articles in the past about large choros chandeliers that I have designed and installed. But today, I’d like to introduce a number of other lighting projects: individual or unusual fixtures, chandeliers in interesting places, and other pieces I’ve had the pleasure of making. I will start with a recent chandelier I […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Byzantine, chandelier, choros, cnc, laser cutting, Lighting, New World Byzantine, new world byzantine studios, Orthodox, russian, steel March 29, 2019

The Nature of Divine Beauty

By Aidan Hart on March 13, 2019
The Nature of Divine Beauty

A Tough Love Many are drawn to the beauty of icons. But clearly this beauty is of a different order than, say, that of a Greek statue, or of a Renaissance painting. Icons are liturgical objects, created for prayer, a means of communion with the Lord. So what are some of the characteristics of divine […]

Posted in Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, art, Beauty, divine beauty, iconography, Orthodox, Theory March 13, 2019

An Interview with Constantine Stade of New Creation Bellringing

By Andrew Gould on December 17, 2018
An Interview with Constantine Stade of New Creation Bellringing

Constantine Stade is an expert in bellringing in the Russian Tradition. In 2018, he founded New Creation Bellringing, a consultation service that assists American churches in setting up bells and properly ringing them. A. Gould: How did you become interested in the art of Russian bell ringing? C. Stade: The sound of Orthodox church bells […]

Posted in Music | Tagged bell ringing, brackets, constantine stade, hanging, new creation bellringing, Orthodox, rigging, russian bells December 17, 2018
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