Interpreting the Icon. Essays on the Theology of the Icon <\/p>\n
From the back cover description, we read:<\/p>\n
Through the topics: \u201cimage and prayer,\u201d \u201cthe term ecclesiastical painting,\u201d \u201cthe significance and content of the image,\u201d \u201cthe theology and aesthetics of the image,\u201d \u201cthe Cretan school \u2013 a historical-theological approach,\u201d \u201cthe way the face of a saint is revealed to us,\u201d and \u201cthe theology of the image of the Bridegroom,\u201d the author, as a scholar (theologian and theorist of Byzantine art) and icon conservator, presents his personal relationship with the icons and their art, summarizing his iconological thought within these seven essays.<\/p>\n
Throughout many years, he has strived to emphasize the ecclesiastical and Eucharistic character of the Orthodox icon. The icon, as he has learned and served it for approximately thirty years up to the present, represents, for him, primarily a point of \u201cpersonal encounter\u201d within the space of Orthodox faith, and secondarily, an object of study and ministry. <\/p>\n
The common thread that runs through and internally unites all the texts in this publication is the search for the meaning of our sacred art, as well as its place in the life of not only the believer but also the contemporary art-loving Greek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"