Our prayers began to spiral more smoothly inward, toward our personal logos, the presence of God within each of us. When we quieted down mentally and physically in submission to God our Creator, our prayer mixed with the prayers within the liturgical music and with each other’s in harmony. In fact, the harder we tried for self-control, to be still, the klutzier we became! These distractions, as broken spirals, led to our unfocused prayer, and mistakes on our board, serving as lessons we must learn. When we first arrived all of us were chatty, fidgeting in our seats, dropping and spilling things, crinkling bags. I couldn’t help but notice that the rhythm of the days within our workshop week fell into a cycle that echoed the spiraling lines of prayer. Igumen Mefodii explained to us the meaning of iconography as prayer and that the lines we paint on our board indicate our focus of prayer. Joanna Laymon, workshop and icon guild coordinatorĭuring our September Prosopon workshop in Stafford, VA, Fr. Joanna will be happy to send you the list.)Ĭontact: Mat. Students are responsible for their lodging and meals, and we may share potluck lunches during the week. Joanna for the address and registration form, suggested board size, and pattern. Total tuition and materials fee will be TBA. They will use a larger board which they must purchase and prepare before the workshop. Intermediate/Advanced Students: Those who have done the basic set of icons, or other intermediate/advanced level icons in the Prosopon method, are invited to write the icon of St. Joanna for the address and registration form. The non-refundable deposit will be $TBA (included in the total), divided. for the six days, and you may stay to work until 5:30 p.m.īeginning/Intermediate students: Beginning/intermediate students will be doing the icon of St Panteleimon. Price includes: tuition, use of tools, all of your materials, the wooden board (beginning/intermediate students), pigments and egg emulsion, brushes, palette, gold leaf, and your pattern given the first day of class. Your deposit is needed to hold your place as class size is limited to 15. Tuition and Materials: A Non-refundable deposit is due, (applied toward the tuition/materials fee) no later than TBA. He holds two degrees in theology: Magister der Theologie (M.Th.) from the Theology Faculty of the University Innsbruck, Austria and a Master of Arts (MA) in Eastern Christian Theology from the John XXIII Institute for Eastern Christian Studies at Fordham University, Bronx, NY. Additonally he has been a spiritual director of a college seminary, a representative to various religious and interfaith organizations, and an author. Maximos the Confessor in Palmyra, VA, and has been an ordained priest for over 35 years. He is an Orthodox priest-monk (Hieromonk) of the Skete of St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church since 2011. He has conducted workshops throughout America, in the Philippines, in England, and at St. Instructor: Father Igumen Mefodii, Master Iconographer and student of Vladislav Andreyevof the Prosopon School of Iconology since 1991, was appointed instructor in 2006 and promoted to Master Iconographer 2008. The workshop page event will be found also on Face Book. Herman of Alaska Russian Orthodox Church. Panteleimon, but a different imagel.įor more photos from our workshops, visit, like, and share our public Facebook page: St. Intermediate/advanced tudents who have attended previous workshops will be writing the icon of St. Beginning students will receive step-by-step instructions and all necessary materials to paint/write the icon of St. The workshop will consist of six full-day sessions during which each student will complete an icon. Previous "artistic" experience is not necessary since icon writing is as much a contemplative form of prayer as an ascetic discipline. Mefodii will emphasize the underlying theology of the icon, both the one upon which we work and the Image (Icon) of God in each of us. To view their icons see: Each student will create an icon using ancient techniques of painting and floating with egg tempera, with natural materials: carved wooded boards, pure gold leaf, and finely ground clay and mineral pigments mixed with egg yolk. Joanna, workshop coordinator, traditional Byzantine-Russian icon-writing method of the Prosopon School of Iconology, founded by Vladislav Andreyev, is a revival of the 15th-16th century iconography style of Andre Rublev. Maximos the Confessor, 43, WE ARE STILL OFFERING THIS WORKSHOP! Igumen Mefodii, Instructor for the Prosopon School of Iconology, Skete of St. (Not mailing address) 60 Clifton Chapel Lane, Stafford, VA 22555įr. Panteleimon, separate images for beginning and advanced students Instruction daily, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m.
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