Veronica Royal’s most challenging commission was a five-foot-high icon of the Baptism of Christ, which hangs in St. Michael’s Church in Annandale, Va. An octagonal building dedicated in 1960, St.

This summer, a Polish art critic and historian laid down a challenge to a group of contemporary icon painters from Ukraine and Poland: depict "God's justice." Katarzyna Jakubowska-Krawczyk, head of ...

Within the field of Russian religious art, Russian icons hold a singular place within the country’s art historical traditions. First emerging in the 11th century, despite their significance they have ...

People think that Christian icon painting is the preserve of male painters and that only Orthodox Christians can create a good icon. But in Hong Kong Catholic diocese, a female icon painter, Cindy Ng ...

Religious icon painting is thriving in Serbia, as the Orthodox Church’s influence continues to increase in the wake of the collapse of communism. The art of iconography has seen a new revival in ...

Olga Volchkova paints traditional Russian religious icons with a twist. Eugene resident Olga Volchkova grew up in Russia, and attended the first school of traditional icon painting when it opened ...

Legion Media; Maria Sibiryakova/Sputnik The old town of Palekh is famous all over the world, thanks to its tradition of lacquer miniatures and unique icon painting. It attracts artists from all over ...

HENRY MAGUIRE AND EUNICE DAUTERMAN MAGUIRE Other Icons: Art and Power in Byzantine Secular Culture Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 223 pp.; 8 color ills., 150 b/w. $49.50 For decades, ...

I wonder how many of you recognize this character? With his half-lidded eyes and that signature nonchalant gaze, the Pink ...

This week, Orthodox Christians mark the final days of Great Lent, a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer in preparation for Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, on May 5. Iconographer Seraphim O’Keefe talks ...