Step Up Gallery is located on the top level of Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave., Los Alamos, and is open Monday –Thursday: 10am – 8pm, Friday: 10am – 6pm, Saturday: 10am – 5pm and is closed Sundays. Once the exhibit closes, the icons will return to their home in Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church here in Los Alamos. He practices under the tutelage of Father Mefodii of the Skete of Saint Maximos the Confessor in Palmyra, Virginia. Their tradition has been part of Church tradition since Saint Luke the Evangelist painted the first icon, the Theotokos and Christ Child.įather Theophan has been studying and practicing art for over 25 years, and Eastern Orthodox Iconography for 10 of those. They are alternately, and at once, used as aides in prayer, decoration of the church and of personal homes, as well as instruction on the story of salvation, the Gospel in color. If you haven’t had a chance to get over to the gallery, put it on your calendar for this coming week.Īmong Eastern Orthodox Christians, their faith is the primary reason that stands behind creating icons, depictions of Christ, the saints, and events in Scripture and the life of the Church. The solemn and dramatic icons have been on display all month in Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photoįather Theophan’s “Toward the Face of the Divine: Eastern Orthodox Icons” exhibit’s last day is Friday, June 24.
Istok Church Supplies has expert craftsmen who understand Byzantine iconography traditions and incorporate them. You will also find icons depicting the Nativity of Christ and Resurrection of Christ. Some of the Eastern Orthodox icons on display until June 24 at the Step Up Gallery. Byzantine Orthodox icons of Christ depict Him in various forms for example, as Christ the Pantocrator, Christ the Savior or Christ on the Cross.