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Are Icons Idols?

Part Two in the Series, The Image-less Idol: How Iconoclasm leads to Idolatry — Are Icons Idols? Read Part 1 of the Imageless Idol: Idolatry and Iconoclasm Thou Shalt Not…

March 10, 2023 Academic Writing, Aesthetics, Church History, Icons, Theology

Idolatry and Iconoclasm

Part One in the Series, The Image-less Idol: How Iconoclasm leads to Idolatry Idolatry and Iconoclasm When considering mankind’s relationship with images, all of history has been marred by a…

March 3, 2023 Academic Writing, Aesthetics, Church History, Icons, Theology

Anagoge: Iconography and the Ascent Towards Heaven

The process of icon painting is to reveal the process of transfiguration, from darkness to light. Icon painting is a form of prayer. Icons prepare us for communion with God. Iconography…

August 4, 2017 Icons, Reflections

Iconostasis: Road-map to the Kingdom – Part 3

The Iconostasis as Road-map to the Kingdom Part three of a series on the use and symbolism of the iconostasis in the Orthodox Church. Read part one here: Iconostasis – Yoke…

February 2, 2015 Church History

10 Reasons why you should Study Iconography

Why the Study of Iconography is so Important & Why you should Consider Learning More about Icons The study of iconography has been life changing for me. The following is…

January 30, 2015 Classes and Workshops

The Transfiguration and the Icon

The Centrality of the Transfiguration in Iconography Icons and the Uncreated Light Thou, O Christ, wast transfigured, and hast made the nature that had grown dark in Adam to shine…

January 16, 2015 Church History

Just Paint Another Icon

On the Apologetic Nature of Iconography Why We Must Paint Another Icon Several weeks ago, a fellow iconographer exclaimed, “Have you heard about this black mass at Harvard? I cannot…

June 12, 2014 Apologetics, Reflections

I Never Wanted to be an Iconographer!

Or, ‘Be careful what you tell God NOT to do.’ Several years ago as I was finishing up my Bachelors degree in art, I was apprenticing with an iconographer from…

May 7, 2014 Reflections

10 Reasons Why You Should Take an Icon Painting Class

Why Learn to Paint Icons? Ten Reasons why you should take an Icon Painting Class Learning to paint icons has been life changing. Here are ten reasons why I think…

January 30, 2014 Classes and Workshops, Reflections

Hope For the Future: Icons and Our Children

October 21, 2013 Classes and Workshops, Events, News

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