If you've ever been in an Orthodox church, you've undoubtedly been greeted with walls covered with icons. They may look like simple drawings, but each one has a purpose and a specialized artist, an ...

Christos Paleoxaris spent his Friday perched on a small scaffold platform 20 or so feet above the marble floor below, using a paintbrush to carefully fill in a larger-than-life painting of Jesus ...

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 ...