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Russia and the West: Artistic Unity in Christ—A Reflection on Kastalsky’s Requiem

By Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak) on October 7, 2020
Russia and the West: Artistic Unity in Christ—A Reflection on Kastalsky’s Requiem

In Babel long ago they wanted to build a tower that would reach heaven, and in Belfast in 1912 they wanted to build a ship that nothing could sink. When, in April of that year, the Titanic did sink, the aspirations and pride of the late Victorian era sank with it. I like to think […]

Posted in Music, Theory | Tagged Byzantine, hieromonk herman, Kastalsky Requiem, Russia, the west, Theory October 8, 2020

‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony

By Christabel Helena Anderson on September 3, 2020
‘Being’, The Art and Life of Father Sophrony

Archimandrite Sophrony, painting Christ at the Last Supper, early 1980s, the Monastery of St John the Baptist, Refectory.[1]  Image: ©The Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex.   Editorial note: This is the second part of a series on the artistic path and iconographic legacy of Saint Sophrony (Sakharov) as seen through a collection […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Reviews, Theory, Writers | Tagged abyss, art, biography, book review, Elder Sophrony, England, English Iconography, essex, Father Sophrony, icon painting, iconographer, iconography, liturgical art, Monastery of St. John the Baptist, Paris, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Saint Silouan, St. Silouan the Athonite, St. Sophrony, St. Sophrony the Athonite, Theology, Tradition March 31, 2021

Review of “TREASURE IN A BOX: A Guide to the Icons of St Andrew” by Mary Kathryn Lowell

By Aidan Hart on March 19, 2020
Review of "TREASURE IN A BOX: A Guide to the Icons of St Andrew" by Mary Kathryn Lowell

In this newly published book, Mary Lowell describes the eighty-six icons and murals painted by Ksenia Pokrovsky (1942-2013) for St Andrew’s Orthodox church in Lexington, Kentucky. The icons and this book about them comprise a graphic account of the history of salvation, a visual catechism. The icons depict not just the major feasts of the […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged catechism tool, commissions, frescoes, iconography, Icons, Life of Christ, murals, New Testament, Old Testament, Russia, teacher, Theology March 19, 2020

Between Discipline and Joy: An Interview with Vladimir Gorbik

By Vladimir Morosan on June 23, 2016
Between Discipline and Joy: An Interview with Vladimir Gorbik

Interviewed by Natalia Gorenok Translated by Vladimir Morosan The art of Church singing as an integral part of the life of the Church, like the Church itself [in Russia], is experiencing a period of revival. Along the way, there are still many difficulties, because many of the traditional practices among choirmasters and church singers were […]

Posted in Artist Features, Music | Tagged PaTRAM, patriarch tikhon choir, Russia, vladimir gorbik June 5, 2017

Contemporary Iconographers of Russia

By Philip Davydov & Olga Shalamova on June 10, 2016
Contemporary Iconographers of Russia

From December 11, 2015 to January, 19, 2016 (Moscow, Russia) “Tsar’s Tower” exhibition hall, in Kazansky railway station, hosted a large-scale exhibition entitled “Contemporary Iconographers of Russia”. The exhibit featured sixty iconographers, masters of mosaic and gold embroidery, jewelers as well as architects from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Vladimir, Archangelsk and other Russian cities. The exhibit showcased an […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography | Tagged contemporary, Fr. Zenon, iconography, Philip Davydov, Russia June 5, 2017

PASCHAL PILGRIMAGE TO RUSSIA: FROM DIVEEVO TO VALAAM

By Andrew Gould on March 28, 2016
PASCHAL PILGRIMAGE TO RUSSIA: FROM DIVEEVO TO VALAAM

  Editor’s note: I had the great privilege of traveling to Russia in 2006 with Fr. Ilya Gotlinsky of Orthodox Tours. It was a superb experience, in every respect. Fr. Ilya leads tours regularly, but I would like to call attention to a special upcoming tour – a pilgrimage tour that will visit Russia’s most […]

Posted in News | Tagged Orthodox, pilgrim, Russia, tours, yasenevo March 28, 2016

A Miracle of Liturgical Art: The Church of the Protection of the Mother of God at Yasenevo

By Andrew Gould on February 9, 2016
A Miracle of Liturgical Art: The Church of the Protection of the Mother of God at Yasenevo

This past fall I had the opportunity to visit a construction project that is nothing short of a miracle. I saw a group of mostly volunteers and amateurs, working with small donations, building a church to rival any monument in the history of Christendom. The project was recently completed, consecrated by His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill, […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography | Tagged Architecture, Byzantine, cosmati, mosaic, norman, Orthodox, pokrov, Revetment, Russia, sicilian, yasenevo August 8, 2017

The Question of Polychrome for Liturgical Woodcarving – Part 1

By Andrew Gould on June 29, 2015
The Question of Polychrome for Liturgical Woodcarving - Part 1

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “The Question of Polychrome for Liturgical Woodcarving” Andrew Gould looks at the role polychromy has played in historical liturgical arts and how it can be adapted to contemporary designs. The Question of Polychrome for Liturgical Woodcarving – Part 1 The Question of Polychrome – Part 2: […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Gould, baroque, Byzantine, Carving, color, gilding, greece, greek, iconostasion, iconostasis, liturgical, Orthodox, painting, polychrome, Russia, wood April 8, 2017

Rashid and Inessa Azbuhanov: Revival and Modernity in Orthodox Carving

By Jonathan Pageau on June 22, 2015
Rashid and Inessa Azbuhanov: Revival and Modernity in Orthodox Carving

Rashid and Inessa Azbuhanov are recognized as forerunners in the rediscovery of the carved icon and we have featured their work here before. This time we present a feature interview with the Azbuhanov couple thanks to the kind collaboration of Paul Stetsenko who translated the whole interview from Russian into English for us. The Azbuhanovs carvings circulate in the […]

Posted in Artist Features, Iconography, Theory | Tagged azbuhanov, Carving, Icon, pageau, Russia June 5, 2017

A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

By Christabel Helena Anderson on March 3, 2015
A Cloisonné Enamel Reliquary Icon of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza

Editor’s note:  This article continues Aidan Hart’s recent article about a reliquary for Saint Vincent of Zaragoza and details Christabel Anderson’s process for making the cloisonnée icon.   This article contains a background to the history and technique of cloisonné enamel and a description of the processes used in making the cloisonné enamel icon plaque of Saint Vincent […]

Posted in Iconography, Liturgical Objects, Minor Arts | Tagged Aidan Hart, Anglo-Saxon, art, Byzantine, champlevé, Christ, cloisonne, design, Eastern Orthodox, enamel, enameling, enamelling, gold, Icon, iconographer, iconography, kiln, madrid, Metalwork, okhlad, Orthodox Church, precious metals, protomartyr, quill, reliquary, repousse, Revetment, riza, Russia, Russian icons, saint, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Vincent, silver, St. Vincent, Symbolism, techniques March 1, 2015
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