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GLIMPSE OF AN ICON PAINTER’S JOURNEY

Commissioned by the magazine of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Praxis, this article describes the struggles of an iconographer to paint icons worthily, all the more demanding because it is an impossible task. What is the nature of likeness? How is a new icon created? What challenges confront an iconographer in the 21st century?

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