SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Continuing an artistic tradition begun in the 3rd Century, Kim Fritzges paints early Byzantine icons in Studio 311 at the Walk In Art Center. Surrounded by sorrowful images of ...
"My Father’s Daughter: Byzantine Art in the Modern World" is a special exhibition for local artist Joni Zavitsanos, as it chronicles the work of her late father, renowned Byzantine iconographer ...
“The Byzantine Orthodox iconography is not just an ‘art,’ it’s a sacred art,” said iconographer Theodoros Papadopoulos. “It is not ‘painting,’ it’s theology. It is not ‘artistic expression,’ it is ...
EVERY Sunday, Diamantis Cassis listens intently to the weekly sermon. He takes his faith seriously. But sometimes during the two-hour service his eyes will turn to the icons that fill Annunciation ...
WICHITA, Kan. — Theodoros Papadopoulos has painted images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and angels that cover the walls and ceilings of churches. Those images are not decorations, he says. Rather, they ...
SCRANTON — Icons are ethereal representations of sacred biblical figures such as Jesus and the saints. Their paintings are windows to heaven. The goal of iconography is to awaken the student’s divine ...
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 2940 CR 214, will present “An Introduction to Byzantine Iconography” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, followed an opportunity to meet the iconographer, Aristidis Kovaci, ...