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The Zosima Society, Collective Wisdom Project, and the New Hagiography

August 8, 2018 Susan 2 Comments

I recently came across Andrew Herman Middleton’s Facebook and Instagram pages, known as “The Zosima Society.” He also started a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Andrew Herman Middleton, Cherry Bomb, hagiography, iconography, Instagram, non-liturgical Orthodox art, Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy + Arts, Orthodoxy and Culture, The New Hagiography, Zosimas Society

Faith on Friday: Icons and Street Art

September 2, 2016 Susan

This wonderful article in the Orthodox Arts Journal, “Contemporary Byzantine Painting: Street Art and the Icon in Convergence,” introduces the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Fikos, Fr. Silouan Justiano, graffiti, iconography, Orthodox Arts Journal, stsreet art

Saint Mary of Egypt: Turning Lead Into Gold

April 15, 2016 Susan 2 Comments

 An article in yesterday’s Orthodox Arts Journal reveals a new icon of Saint Mary of Egypt—my patron saint—who is commemorated…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #Lent2016, Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete, confession, Father Silouan Justiniano, Great Lent, iconography, Orthodox Arts Journal, Saint Mary of Egypt, St. Andrews Orthodox Church Riverside California

Faith on Friday: If I’m Lucky, I Pray

July 17, 2015 Susan

This morning after my Morning Prayers I picked up one of my favorite “devotional” books to read for a few…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Compass of Affection, icon corner, iconography, icons, King David, Mary Karr, poetry, prayer, Psalms, Scott Cairns

Faith on Friday: Caretakers of the Culture

May 1, 2015 Susan 1 Comment

Back in February and March I did posts with reflections on Jonathan Jackson’s book, The Mystery of Art. If you…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: iconography, icons, Jonathan Jackson, liturgical art, Orthodoxy, Plato, The Mystery of Art, writing

Writing (and Drawing) on Wednesday: My Favorite Christmas Cards!

December 31, 2014 Susan

I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS. Here are the ones we’ve received so far this year.            …

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: children's art, children's poetry, Christmas Cards, iconography, Kit Fields

Faith on Friday: Everywhere Hope and Depth (Icon Painting in a Postmodern World)

June 27, 2014 Susan

A few days ago I read an interesting interview with a contemporary Greek iconographer, George Kordis, “The Art of Icon…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Andrew Gould, architecture, art, Charleston, George Kordis, Gregory Kroug, iconography, iconography in a postmodern world

Faith on Friday: The Beautiful Transformation

June 6, 2014 Susan

This weekend my husband and I will be visiting “the Holy City” (as the locals call it). No, we’re not…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: " Dorrance Dance, "The Holy City, Charleston, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Charleston, iconography, icons, Orthodoxy, Photios Kontoglou, Spoleto Festival Charleston

Faith on Friday: Random Acts of Art

April 25, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

Today’s post really isn’t so much about faith. But it’s about art. And beauty. And how much they affect our…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: art, beauty will save the world, domestic galleries, Dostoyevsky, Etsy, home galleries, iconography, icons, Kit Fields watercolor artist, random acts of art, reclaimed shutter corner shelves, Stacey Wiedower

Faith on Friday: Living Canons

February 7, 2014 Susan 2 Comments

One day last week I got a phone call from a woman who had taken an icon workshop from me…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: iconography, iconography instructors, Ksenia Pokrovsky, living canons, Marek Czarneki, Place Keepers

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