Word Magazine January 1987 Page 5 THE ICON AND YOU by Father Alexander Jasiukowicz In a series of upcoming articles it is intended to guide the reader into the world of iconography and to explain the fundamental significance of this sacred art. Following the feast of the Theophany of our Lord, a priest, according to [...]
The Icon (from greek - image, portrayal) by Ludmila Hashem Christian sacred art beginning in the first century and flourished in forth A.D. You need to look at Icon not as an identifying God but as a symbol, which provides spiritual unity in one’s approach to God; penetration into supernatural world through the object of [...]
Word Magazine June 1959 Page 9 THE HOLY ICON: PIETY OR THEOLOGY? By Aristeides Papadakis Holy Cross Orthodox Theological School “I have seen the human image of God, and my soul is saved.” ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS The Eastern Orthodox Church is par excellence the worshipping Church. Faith without worship can have no meaning for [...]
Word Magazine April 1977 Page 13 ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS AND HIS THEOLOGY OF HOLY IMAGES Father Joseph Antypas On the theology of the Holy Images, the place of St. John of Damascus is quite important and far-reaching. Very little is known about the life of St. John of Damascus. He was born in the [...]
Word Magazine May 1958 Page 4 ICONS DIFFER FROM ALL OTHER ART IN ITS MYSTICISM by The Rev. Daniel H.B. Montgomery Pastor of St. Michael’s Orthodox Church, Beaumont, Texas We do not have to be experts in art to tell at a glance that the art of the icon is radically different from any other [...]
Word Magazine May 1958 Page 4 ICONS DIFFER FROM ALL OTHER ART IN ITS MYSTICISM by The Rev. Daniel H.B. Montgomery Pastor of St. Michael’s Orthodox Church, Beaumont, Texas We do not have to be experts in art to tell at a glance that the art of the icon is radically different from any other [...]
Sacred Art Journal Volume 15 Number 1; Spring 1994 - Page 5 - 12 Holy Icons: Theology in Color by Dennis Bell President, St. John of Damascus Association Holy icons cannot be isolated from the rest of liturgical tradition and studied in terms of simple aesthetics. They must remain in the context of liturgy, theology, [...]
THE SACRED ART JOURNAL A Publication of the St. John of Damascus Association of Orthodox Iconographers, Iconologists, and Architects FRESCO HISTORY AND TECHNIQUE Part 2 by Richard and Deborah Zuccarini Church of Kurbinovo, Yugoslavia. Although painting in fresco continued to be part of the basic training of artists; Francisco Goyo (1746-18288), for instance, painted in [...]
THE SACRED ART JOURNAL VOLUME 13 NUMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 1992 A Publication of the St. John of Damascus Association of Orthodox Iconographers, Iconologists, and Architects FRESCO HISTORY AND TECHNIQUE Part 1 by Richard and Deborah Zuccarini Page103-112 Flgtze 1. Fresco painting and color grinding. From a Florentine print, c. 1465. MY FIRST INTRODUCTION to the [...]
Word Magazine March 2000 Page 11 EMBRACING LOVE By Nick Papas The “More Spacious Than The Heavens” icon is very prominent in an Orthodox church, perhaps because it expresses some of our faith’s core beliefs. Principally it expresses the willingness of our Mother, the Church, to receive us with her outstretched and waiting arms. This [...]