Photography Archives – Orthodox Arts Journal

Iconostases in Balkan Churches – Part 1: Serbia

By Andrew Gould | August 7, 2023 |

Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post features interesting iconostases I photographed in Serbia and in the Kosovo and Metohija region. These iconostases range from medieval to contemporary, and exhibit a remarkable range of styles. I find it fascinating to view them grouped together, and consider that there are such diverse solutions to…

Portraits of Light and Shadow in Balkan Churches – Part 1: Serbia

By Andrew Gould | July 10, 2023 |

Having completed the first tour sponsored by the Orthodox Arts Journal, which took place in June of 2023, I’ve been considering how to share some of the four-thousand photographs I captured. The tour was a resounding success, visiting thirty monasteries and many other churches and cathedrals. Because of the volume of splendid things we saw,…

Introducing the Orthodox Arts Festival

By Fr. Silouan Justiniano | June 25, 2021

Although the arts play an inextricable part in the embodiment of Orthodox faith and culture, it is rare, at least in the anglophone world, to find events that draw together artists from a variety of disciplines into a single international event in support of their work. Indeed, the effort and support necessary for the organization…