Kosovo Archives – Orthodox Arts Journal

Portraits of Light and Shadow in Balkan Churches – Part 2: Peć, Gračanica, and Dečani

By Andrew Gould | July 16, 2023 |

Continuing my photojournalism series highlighting Balkan churches, this post will feature wide-angle interior portraits of the three great monastery churches of the Kosovo and Metohija region. Peć, Gračanica, and Dečani are monuments of unequalled importance, astonishing for their architecture and frescoes, and for their incredible state of preservation in this most embattled region. Because few…

OAJ Tour of the Balkans Led by Andrew Gould

By OAJ Editorial Staff | January 10, 2023 |

The Orthodox Arts Journal is sponsoring its first-ever art and architecture package tour, which will take place in the Balkans. This tour will last 2 weeks, and will visit all the key sites for medieval architecture, frescoes, and liturgical art in Serbia, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. It will begin in Belgrade on May, 30th, 2023,…

Third Sermon for the Pilgrim: a Balkan Journey

By Mary Lowell | August 4, 2014 |

I have survived three pilgrimages with Fr. Ilya Gotlinsky, leader of Orthodox Tours. Each one has been a sermon. My journey through Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia (May 25 to June 7, 2014) with 27 fellow pilgrims from the Australia, England, Ireland, Russia and the United States, is the latest sermon. First Sermon: Russia 2005, “Beloved,…