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B3 Icons of Ministry: ‘Theophanies’ February 17th. 2024

The last lectures, on the Incarnation, went well, and if you are a subscriber you will have received links to the video of the lecture and supporting material. The next two Zoom lectures are ‘Icons of Ministry: Part I Theophanies’ … Continue reading

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B2 ‘Icons & Incarnation’ Zoom lectures 16th. December

During the last year, in addition to the extensive on-site study materials, I began to make Zoom lectures of each unit of the Online Icon Course. These typically comprise two lectures, one informative and the other on icon technique. These are … Continue reading

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Sourcing Icon Painting Materials in the UK.

The most commonly used suppliers  of icon materials in the UK are Cornelissen, Stuart Stevenson and FitzPatrick. All of these are based in London. L. CORNELISSEN & SONS:  https://www.cornelissen.com Cornelissen’s is the best known but has very high delivery costs, so it is … Continue reading

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A2: Greece: Design Exercise 1: Learning to use the Brush.

In the Online icon Course, linking the history of the Church to the development of iconography, we have now started the second set of exercises based on the classical cultures which influenced icon painting. We are looking at A2 Ancient … Continue reading

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Hellenic Judaism, Icons & Gold

It is a long time since I updated the News, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening! As I am now at a monastery in Greece, life has changed quite a lot. I can no longer do the one-to-one online tuition … Continue reading

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