She also translates Orthodox books from Greek to English such as "Avvakum the Bearfoot" by Monk Theodoretos the Hagiorite. The Athens based iconographer George Kordis may perhaps be considered as one of the most important representatives of the revival of the icon. George Kakavas, Dionysios of Fourna (c.1670-1745): Artistic Creation and Literary. She also has a passion for photography which she uses mainly to capture life in the Orthodox Church. This manuscript outlines artistic practices of Greek Orthodox artists. She has also designed a logo for the Archdiocese of Athens children’s camps. Her hand-painted icons are in churches and private collections in Greece, South Africa, Russia, UK, Ukraine, Finland, Belgium, Romania, Czech Republic, Australia, USA, Indonesia and Argentina and have also been published in the Eastern/ Greek Orthodox Bible (NT) and the collection of Afrikaans poems by Fr Jacobus van der Riet, “Die Onsienlike Son” and the book “Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ Λουμπαρδιάρης”by Charalambos Bousias and Ioannis Pervainas. In the words of iconographer Aidan Hart, her work captures “the appreciation of form found in Byzantine works with the translucency and painterliness that the Russians have perfected.” She achieves chromatic harmony by mainly using a limited tetrachrome pallete. He is so talented and he is such a gentleman It was my privelege to meet him at the church. In addition to lecturing and writing on Byzantine iconography at the academic level, I. Gould: Julia, you were born in South Africa, but now you work in Greece. We asked to interview her and to share these images of her work that she might become better known to our readers. Her work is a truly wonderful example of creativity within tradition. He pursued his studies at the postgraduate level at Holy Cross Theological School in Boston, where he specialized in both theology and the aesthetics of Byzantine painting, gaining an MA in theology. Julia strives to make each icon she paints a unique expression of the of the Church’s tradition by capturing the movement and presence of the depicted in light, line and colour. Kordis created at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Columbia, SC. Bio Born in Greece in 1956 I read theology at the University of Athens. Julia Bridget Hayes is a talented iconographer working in Greece. Born in Greece in 1956, George Kordis read theology at the University of Athens. Julia was self-taught for many years and in 2008 started taking classes with master iconographer George Kordis both at the Theology Faculty of the University of Athens and at the Eikonourgia School of Iconography. This interest found its full expression in Byzantine iconography. In 2007 she completed her Masters degree on the subject of "Baptism in the Catechisms of St Cyril of Jerusalem".įrom a young age she would draw and paint and was particularly interested in the human figure and its movement. Each week George will be painting and discussing his process with approachable lessons that you can apply to your own work. She studied Theology at the Social Theology Faculty of the University of Athens on a scholarship. Julia Bridget Hayes was born in South Africa and lives in Athens, Greece. George Kordis is Assistant Professor of Iconography (Theory and Practice) at the University of Athens (Greece).
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