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Digital painting 27x62 cm.

Digital painting 60x60 cm.

60x60cm digital artwork

Mural at the Theological School of Athens 2x1.5 meters. 100 Digital printing 20x15 cm in fine art, archival paper

Acrylic on canvas 51 × 61 cm.

Acrylic on wood, 30 × 40 cm

Acrylic on wood 22x30 cm

Acrylic on wood 22x30 cm

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

Encaustic on wood 30x40 cm

Encaustic on wood 30x40 cm

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

100 Digital printing 22x30 cm in fine art, archival paper

Joseph's black thoughts that bring the black bird to the tree co-exist with the piper's feast for the joy of Nativity. 50x70cm digital artwork

But when Mary came to Jesus' place, as she looked at him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her weeping, she wept, and she was deeply saddened and troubled. 34 "Where did you put him?" He asked them. They say to him, 'Sir, come and see.' 35Then Jesus wept. 36 "See how much he loved him!" The Jews said. From the Gospel of John. Digital painting

At the icon, Jesus is invited to dinner at the house of Pharaoh Simon. Suddenly a prostitute enters holding a alabaster bottle with very expensive myrrh in her hands and washes Jesus' feet. Judas is outraged that she wasted so much money. Ιn a manner associates of Christ, the robber who was crucified with him, Saint Fotini, known as the Samaritan woman, the prostitute, whom the Jews would not accept or approach, the customs officer Zacchaeus, who was hated by all, went up the tree of comfrey only to see Christ and he asked him to stay at Zacchaeus home. -Oh it's unbelievable Christ to stay at the home of this sinful customs officer? In general, all the margins, robbers, prostitutes, customs officers, nobody of the mean stream ... This sinful company it's a host for the host Christ and they host the great Other and they are hosted by Him!

Over forty different women deacon saints are listed on the calendars of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and/or the Roman Catholic Church as deacons or deaconesses, and some of them are commemorated in Anglican Churches. Most of the forty were quite historic people, although a few of them are undocumented historically. A few others among the forty are considered historic people, but the historicity of their diaconal status is not as certain. To reach the number forty I counted not only the ones I had found, but also seven listed in 1998 by Kyriaki K. FitzGerald, (1) I expect that a closer study of the works of Eisen, Osiek, Madigan, and Macy, and the upcoming work of White, will reveal other women deacon saints. At least two of these forty were African, with at least another celebrated in Africa by the Coptic, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Churches. For example, Saint Denisa (or Dionysia, or even Denise), a martyr with Medius in Egypt is observed on April 8 on the Coptic calendar. She seems to have been very early, possibly living during the first century. It is not clear to me whether or not she was an African, but she is described as having been martyred in Africa with Medius.(2) Africa can claim her as one of its saints. Saint Domnika’s feast is observed on January 8 on the Coptic calendar. In the third century St. Apollonia was an elderly deacon/ess martyred in Alexandria, Egypt, where she apparently served her ministry. Although I have never seen her listed on eastern calendars, she has been widely listed on western calendars and has been fairly popular in the west. She is famous as the “patron” of dentists and those with toothaches, because her teeth were bashed out as part of her sufferings just prior to her death. Then she jumped on the pyre prepared for her and was burned to death.(3) Another African saint, Augustine, commented on her death, justifying it as not being suicide, but proof of her choice to die in witness to Christ. She is celebrated on February 9. Saint Justina (or Just) was a fourth century abbess in Carthage, in North Africa, (or possibly in Nicomedia, in Bithynia in modern day Turkey.) Her legend has far-fetched features, but that does not address her historicity. Her day is October second. There is an additional woman deacon saint who was in a group of 4,000 martyrs who are listed on Eastern Orthodox calendars, on at least one Oriental Orthodox calendar, and on the Roman Catholic calendar. Such large numbers of martyrs are often suspect as inflated, or copying errors, but in this case there is every reason to believe that the number is about right, because the horrifying number was widely attested at the time. The group of martyrs was also mentioned later in the Qur’an.(4) These martyrs lived in the first quarter of the sixth century(5) in the southern Arabian peninsula where Yemen is today. Among them was St. Elizabeth, a deacon who had ministered at the Church in the city of Najran. I learned about St. Elizabeth in Holy Women of the Syrian Orient, introduced and translated by Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey.(6) It is certainly possible, in fact it is even likely, that there were other unnamed women deacons among the 4,000 martyrs of Najrân. From the time of the slaughter these martyrs have been commemorated in Africa, Syria, and elsewhere. As part of a larger power struggle between the Persian empire and the Byzantine empire, a regional military force besieged the city. The promise of safe passage made by the besiegers was broken, and Christians were given the choice of conversion to Judaism, or death. Many martyrs took refuge inside a Church which was burned. Others were martyred over subsequent weeks as the invaders hunted them down. Descriptions of the martyrdoms were written immediately after the massacre both for political purposes, urging military revenge, and for hagiographical purposes.(7) The material about deacon St. Elizabeth is in one of these historically reliable documents from that era which had been lost but was recently discovered, as described in 1971 by Irfan Shahid in The Martyrs of Najrân: New Documents.(8) The deacon St. Elizabeth was tortured several ways rather than renounce her Christian faith, then she was dragged to death behind a wild camel released to run into the desert. The tracks were later secretly followed and her body was recovered. The martyrdom documents for the group were widely translated and circulated, the typical elements of saints’ cults developed,(9) and the group of saints soon appeared on numerous Church calendars. They were canonized by the methods of their day. I use the title “Saint” for Elizabeth because she was included in the group that was canonized.(10) Although the work of Brock and Harvey reports the translation of martyrdom documents into the languages of some of the Oriental Orthodox Churches (including Syraic, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Armenian), among the calendars of the different Oriental Orthodox Churches I have only checked the Ethiopian calendar. The Ethiopic Synaxarium lists the martyrs of Najran on the 26th of the third month (Nov. 7 to Dec. 6).(11) The Eastern Orthodox calendars have long commemorated St. Aretas and the Martyrs of Najran on October 24th.(12) The name Aretas is transposed from Banu Harith, the leader of the Christian resistance. The saints were added to the Roman Martyrology (the Roman Catholic calendar) in the sixteenth century by Cardinal Baronius, also listed on October 24th, despite the fact that the Najranites were probably technically Monophysites, since the Ethiopian Church was then largely Monophysite, and hence considered heretical.(13) While the Najrân martyrs are not named on any Anglican calendar, Anglicans can use the Common “Of a Martyr” in the Book of Common Prayer if they wish to observe the day, or to focus on St. Elizabeth in particular. This St. Elizabeth is not named in any liturgical texts that I know about, presumably because she is only one of 4,000 martyrs, and because the document with details of her individual martyrdom was lost for so long. But just as the nineteenth century Russian Orthodox nun Taisiia wrote liturgical texts for the feast of St. Simeon the God-receiver,(14) although his feast already had texts, perhaps it is time for someone to write some texts for this St. Elizabeth’s feast day. It is pleasing to be able to identify another in the long list of faithful woman deacon saints, especially one who can be respected and celebrated by people in different Churches. How many more women deacon saints will be identified and publicized, based on liturgical, hagiographical, and/or historic research? How long will it be before some new women deacons are added to their number?-From http://www.womenpriests.org/deacons/najran.asp

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm.

In the letter to the Hebrews, the Apostle Paul writes: "Do not forget the hospitality, for with it some, without knowing it, hosted angels." In my opinion it means that whoever has his door open to the other is open to meetings with great emotion and value. Here the Apostle Paul in Ephesus (in the background the famous temple of Artemis) where the couple of Saints Priscilla and Aquila, who had gone to Ephesus with the Apostle Paul, are hosting friends of the Apostle. Digital painting 60x42 cm.

Digital painting 60x42 cm.

Digital painting 60x42 cm.

Encaustic on wood 30x40 cm

Digital painting 62x62 cm.

Digital painting 60x60 cm.

Digital painting

From Marmelandov's monologue to Raskolnikov in Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. "But He who pities all will feel sorry for us. He who understands everything! This is the Only One. And he will judge them all, he will forgive them all, good and bad, wise and insignificant. He will open his arms to us, and we will fall at his feet, and he will we cry, and we will understand everything. And Katerina Ivanovna will still he understands, Lord, your kingdom is coming! " Dimensions 58x58 cm. Digital artwork in 9 numbered copies

On a bridge over the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, absorbed in his thoughts. A lady with whom they intersect observes him and is provoked by how much he is immersed in his thoughts. Dimensions 58x58 cm. Digital artwork in 9 number

Dimensions 58x58 cm. Digital artwork in 7 numbered copies

The player "The Player" is the autobiographical novel by gambling addict Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, written in 1866 under pressure from his debts, dictating it to his shorthand writer Anna Grigorievna Snitkina, who later became his second wife. Dimensions 93x58 cm. Digital artwork in 9 numbered copies

"The Idiot" by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. Prince Miskin, epileptic, polite, servile, cowardly, clever, but also very clumsy. His honesty exposes the faces he meets. Ragozin of action and passion. Ragozin and Miskin are united by the passion of the former and the admiration of the latter for the beautiful Nastasia Filipovna. Dimensions 58x58 cm. Digital artwork in 9 numbered copies