Greek Orthodox Archives – Orthodox Arts Journal

Worship in the Workshop: Providing Opportunities to Raise the Bar

By Richard Barrett | September 20, 2019

The joke is at times heard that in the chapels of some of our seminaries, they “don’t worship but workshop.” The sense of this witticism is that what happens in their services is experimentation with rubrics, texts, service order, with an impulse towards “reform.” Over the course of this last summer, however, I was blessed…

Coming Soon: The Liturgical Arts Academy, August 18-24 2019

By Richard Barrett | July 29, 2019

English-speaking Orthodox faithful in the United States who have wanted to learn the liturgical arts of the Orthodox Church — music, iconography, vestments, architecture and furnishings design, etc. — have historically had limited opportunities to study with knowledgeable teachers. Some have had the opportunity to go overseas to countries such as Greece and Russia to…

Boston Byzantine Music Festival 2014

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke | February 5, 2014

I am pleased to pass along news of the upcoming Boston Byzantine Music Festival. The two-day event is hosted by the Mary Jaharis Center for Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross, and will take place on February 24-25. Byzantine art is commonly associated with mystical iconography and majestic architecture of domed cathedrals, but…

Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

By Aidan Hart | July 2, 2012 |

We often hear it said that traditional Orthodox liturgical arts are reviving. But how far advanced is this revival, how mature is it, and what in fact are we reviving? In this article I would like to stimulate discussion by briefly considering three related subjects: indigenous iconography, maturity, and features of a healthy climate that…

An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical Arts

By Andrew Gould | June 6, 2012 |

This is post 1 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” Andrew Gould gives a unifying vision of how all the liturgical arts complement each other to create a living icon of the Kingdom of God. An Icon of the Kingdom of God: The Integrated Expression of all the Liturgical…

The Recovery of the Arts

By Jonathan Pageau | June 4, 2012 |

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Recovery of The Arts” Jonathan Pageau Examines the duality in the traditional vision of art, and how it is transformed by Christ, moving from the garments of skin to liturgical art and how this vision contrasts to contemporary notions art. The Recovery of the Arts…