June 24, 2016 221 0 What Do Children Think about the Icon of the Holy Trinity? “Those of us who make the first steps on their way to God should take an example from the little ones” Saint John Climacus….
June 23, 2016 92 0 Famous Icon Painters: Theophanes the Greek A wonderful article about a great icon painter: Theophanes the Greek was a Byzantine Greek artist and famous icon painter of Muscovite Russia….
June 10, 2016 148 1 Quick Facts: What Are Icons from Semiprecious Stones? One of the workshops of St. ElisabethConvent that is often overlooked is the one that makes crushed/semiprecious stone icons and landscapes. This is because…
May 20, 2016 98 0 8 Miracles of the Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovichi “Those who pray before your holy icon, O Lady, Are vouchsafed healing and receive the knowledge of the true faith” Everyday we ask the…
May 6, 2016 275 0 Icon-painting Facts: Icon of the Life-Giving Spring of the Mother of God Tempera Icon from the Icon Painting Workshop of St.Elisabeth Convent The Life-Giving Spring of the Mother of God is a feast day in the Orthodox Church…
April 26, 2016 129 0 Every Christian Is an Icon Painter Iconoclasm has not been an issue for many centuries. Icons are no longer destroyed like they used to be in the 8th and early…
April 1, 2016 229 0 The Holy Cross in Iconography: “In This Sign Conquer” The third installment of the talk on iconography with Father Sergious, the head of the icon-painting studio and icon painting school at St. Elisabeth…
March 29, 2016 330 0 Iconography of the Mother of God: All Creation Rejoices in Thee The second installment of the talk on iconography with Father Sergious, the head of the icon-painting studio and icon painting school at St….
March 18, 2016 84 0 The Phenomenon of the Orthodox Icon: A Theological Perspective On the first Sunday of Great Lent the church commemorates the “Triumph of Orthodoxy” which is also known as the Week of Orthodoxy. This…