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An American Shrine to Honor the Russian Royal Martyrs

By Andrew Gould on July 13, 2018
An American Shrine to Honor the Russian Royal Martyrs

It has been my particular honor to create a magnificent shrine and reliquary for the Russian Royal Martyrs. The shrine was commissioned by an American convert to Orthodoxy as a gift to the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, a Russian Orthodox monastery in West Virginia, USA. It was installed in time to commemorate the centenary […]

Posted in Minor Arts | Tagged Andrew Gould, Czar Nicholas II, Hermitage of the Holy Cross, Icon, iconography, inlay, Jonathan Pageau, kiot, marquetry, Natalia Aglitskaya, Passion Bearers, reliquary, romanov, Royal Martyrs, Russian Orthodox, saints, shrine, West Virginia July 14, 2018

Sacred Choral Treasures of the Russian Emigration Premiered at the Moscow Conservatory Marking the Centenary of the Revolution: 1917–2017

By Vladimir Morosan on April 23, 2018
Sacred Choral Treasures of the Russian Emigration Premiered at the Moscow Conservatory Marking the Centenary of the Revolution: 1917–2017

In late 2016, as the tragic centenary of the Russian revolutions was approaching, conversations began among musicians in Russia and the U. S. regarding an appropriately solemn and musically significant way to pay homage to the memory of those who had been affected by these events—in particular, composers, choirmasters, and church singers—both those who suffered […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged concert, moscow conservatory, Peter Jermihov, russian emigre composers, Russian Orthodox, vlad morosan August 29, 2018

Building International Bridges Through Orthodox Sacred Music – A New CD from PaTRAM

By Vladimir Morosan on October 31, 2015
Building International Bridges Through Orthodox Sacred Music - A New CD from PaTRAM

The Patriarch Tikhon Choir Releases Its New CD In 2012, Vladimir Gorbik, the eminent Choirmaster of the Moscow Representation Church of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery, came to North America for the first time to teach a master class on the interpretation of Russian Orthodox sacred choral music at St. Vladimir’s Seminary. After the success […]

Posted in Music, News | Tagged album, CD, Musica Russica, PaTRAM, patriarch tikhon choir, Russian Orthodox, vladimir gorbik October 31, 2015

Is “Write” Wrong?: A Discussion of Iconology Lingo

By Mary Lowell on December 26, 2013
Is “Write” Wrong?: A Discussion of Iconology Lingo

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “To Write or to Paint an Icon” Professor John Yiannias, Ph.D., expert in Early Christian and Byzantine Art, University of Pittsburgh, has a bold opinion on the issue of why “write” is the wrong verb to use for making an icon. “While, on the face of […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory, Uncategorized, Writers | Tagged Eastern Orthodox, hagiography, iconographer, iconography, Mary Lowell, Russian Orthodox, Symbolism April 1, 2017

Divine Temple 2012

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on July 5, 2012
Divine Temple 2012

I would like to draw the reader’s attention to this wonderful publication from Russia. Kolomenskaya Versta Ltd. produces albums, manuals, catalogs and postcards featuring and publicizing contemporary iconography and liturgical art. The fourth edition of their catalog of iconographers, “Divine Temple”  is now available. It is printed in English and Russian. From the publisher: We […]

Posted in Iconography, News | Tagged catalog, Christian art, Eastern Orthodox, iconographer, iconographers, iconography, Kolomenskaya Versta, Orthodox, Russia, Russian Orthodox July 10, 2014

Folk Icons in Russia

By Fr. Patrick O'Rourke on July 3, 2012
Folk Icons in Russia

Pravmir.com has an article up featuring an ongoing exhibit of Russian “folk icons”. I have included a few images below, but the article should be read in its entirety. A few things come to mind when looking at these folk icons. As the author points out, these icons have a certain “warm-heartedness” about them, and […]

Posted in Iconography | Tagged art, editor, folk icons, Icon, iconography, museum, Orthodox Arts Journal, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Scott Patrick O'Rourke July 10, 2014

Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

By Aidan Hart on July 2, 2012
Towards Indigenous and Mature Liturgical Arts

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 […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged Aidan Hart, Eastern Orthodox, England, Greek Orthodox, iconographer, iconography, indidgenous, intellect, liturgical arts, modern iconography, nous, Orthodox Church, Orthodoxy, religious art, Russian Orthodox, western icons August 25, 2015

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

By Andrew Gould on June 6, 2012
The Catholikon at Vatopedi

This is post 1 of 12 in the series “An Icon of the Kingdom of God” The liturgical art of the Orthodox Church offers the world nothing less than a vision of the Kingdom of God. There can be no higher calling for art than this. Liturgical art is the combined effort of apostles and […]

Posted in Architecture, Church Furniture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged arts, Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Kingdom of God, liturgical arts, liturgy, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox April 1, 2017

The Recovery of the Arts

By Jonathan Pageau on June 4, 2012
The Recovery of the Arts

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Recovery of The Arts”   (This post is the first of a series of three.  Part 2.  Part 3) We would like to welcome you to the Orthodox Arts Journal. We hope that this space will be a tribute to a skill and a form […]

Posted in Architecture, Iconography, Liturgy, Minor Arts, Music, Theory | Tagged arts, Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, liturgical arts, liturgy, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox, techne, technology March 31, 2017
 

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