The Transfiguration, the revelation of God in His glory strengthens His disciples for the difficult times they are about to face. For us it reminds us of the glories that await us if we strive to follow Christ. In our “Hero’s Journey,” our epic spiritual quest, meeting God on theContinue Reading
From thebookofsaints.com Two thousand years ago, seven men were chosen by the first Christian community. The Twelve then laid hands upon them, imparting to them the Holy Spirit and ordaining them to serve and minister to the community. Of Stephen and Philip little is known, of the other five evenContinue Reading
“Viktor Vasnetsov should be credited with the true beginnings of the revival of the iconographic form.” It has been 66 years since the groundbreaking book “The Meaning of Icons,” by Ouspensky and Lossky was first published. The book is largely responsible for the modern revival of the art of iconography.Continue Reading
“As Catholics, we receive tradition, but we grow, and develop, and build upon it.” Lessons Learned How do we revive the Gothic form as a living artistic tradition? What should we do? What should we avoid? We can learn some lessons from the revival of the Iconographic form. The revivalContinue Reading
“Sacred art is not about depicting peoples and events as they actually looked” Naturalism vs Abstraction The underlying foundation of the Gothic form is the Iconographic. That is, the Gothic form builds on the Iconographic. The artists of the Medieval period worked in a visual language that was partly receivedContinue Reading
“God’s Word is written on our hearts and we express that Truth in countless ways.” The Invisible Iconographer In traditional Orthodox iconography the goal of the iconographer is to be invisible. Individual expression or style is not sought after because it is considered a distraction to prayer and devotion. ThisContinue Reading
“And there was a great battle in Heaven,. Michael and his angels were battling with the dragon, …and he was thrown out, that great dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduces the whole world.” Revelation 12:7,9 The Book of Revelation, the Apocalypse, assures usContinue Reading
A contemporary interpretation of a traditional icon, “A Synaxis of Archangels.”Continue Reading