Woodwork for a Coptic Church in America

By Andrew Gould | January 24, 2015

I have recently had the pleasure of making an altar set for a Coptic church. This project was somewhat of a challenge for me because the Coptic Church and her liturgical art is not my area of expertise. I had to learn about both the liturgical implements and the historical styles of woodwork unique to…

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A New Hieratikon – The Typographical Design of a Liturgical Book

By Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak) | December 29, 2014 |

Editor’s note: This article is offered to us by Hierodeacon Herman regarding his design for a new liturgical book. This book represents one of the first significant applications of the Orthodox Illustration Project, sponsored by this journal. All the graphic ornaments used in the Hieratikon come from the Illustration Project, being drawn or edited by Scott Patrick O’Rourke,…

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An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts – Part 12: Incense – Heavenly Fragrance and Transfigured Light

By Andrew Gould | December 3, 2014 |

This is post 12 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” Andrew Gould gives a unifying vision of how all the liturgical arts complement each other to create a living icon of the Kingdom of God. An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical…

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Georgian Wonder

By Jonathan Pageau | November 25, 2014 |

I have already posted an article on Contemporary Georgian artists.  But it seems like every week I discover one more amazing Georgian artist doing things in repoussé, wood, stone, enamel or mosaic that very few are able to equal in quality and especially in vivacity.  Vivacity is really the world to use, an art that is confident and…

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Byzantium – Celebrating The Icon in Ottawa

By Jonathan Pageau | October 13, 2014 |

The first Ottawa International Byzantine Arts Symposium wrapping up at the beginning of this month surrounded the work of master iconographer George Kordis with an exhibition, 2 concerts and an icon painting workshop.  I had no idea what to expect going in to this event. I had been contacted by the event organizer, Lesia Maruschak only…

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An Inlaid Gospel Cover

By Andrew Gould | September 10, 2014 |

  The idea for this gospel cover began several years ago. I discussed with Jonathan Pageau the possibility of  using his stone carvings as inlaid icons in wooden liturgical pieces. He is able to carve the steatite stone slabs quite thin so that the weight is reasonable even for a book cover. I based the…

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