Prophet Elias, Fresco
The Embrace of the Apostles Peter and Paul
Saint Basil
Saint Cyril and Methodius
Saint Stephen
Abraham and Sarah's Hospitality
The parable of the Good Samaritan
Saint Nicholaos
Jesus wash the Disciples' feet
Christ Man of sorrows
Jesus Christ
Saint Isaak the Syrian
The Virgin
Christ as a host at the Kingdom dinner.
The Tears of Jesus
The birth of Christ
Prophet Elias
Saint Maria of Paris
Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ
Saint Minas
Saint Alexanthros
Saint Charalambos
Saint Athanasios the great
Virgin and Child
Saint Nestor
Saint Anna
Saint Spyrithon
Nativity
Archangel Michael and Gabriel
Archangels
Remembering Miracle Archangel Michael in Chonais
Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos
St. Catherine
Christ
Christ
Saint James
Saint Nicholaos
St. George
Saint Modestos, the patron saint of animals
Saint Anastasios
Saint John the Baptist
The Resurrection 3
The crucifixion
The Annunciation
Angel of the Lord and the Prophet Elias
Abraham’s Hospitality
The Angel at the Tomb
The Resurrection 1
The Resurrection 2
The Apostle Paul in the Tempest. Project with the collaboration of Father Stamatis Skliris and Kosta
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Prophet Elias, Fresco
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The Embrace of the Apostles Peter and Paul
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Saint Basil
Saint Basil, from Caesarea in Cappadocia. He founded and operated the Basiliad a model home for the care of strangers, the medical treatment of the poor sick, and the vocational training of the unskilled. It became the matrix for similar organizations created in other dioceses and stood as a constant reminder to the wealthy of their privilege to dispose of their wealth in this way. Basil's interest in the wider social problems of the people is demonstrated by his letters, in which he sought to solve the problems of workers in the Taurus mines of Asia Minor, orphans, the wronged, the sick, and the needy, and he instituted the distribution of goods—food, clothing, money — and all kinds of help to poor families. Digital project 43x43 cm -
Saint Cyril and Methodius
Encaustic on wood 70x50 cm -
Saint Stephen
Acrylic on wood 60×80 cm -
Abraham and Sarah's Hospitality
Encaustic on wood 80x60 cm -
The parable of the Good Samaritan
60x60cm digital artwork -
Saint Nicholaos
Εγκαυστική -
Jesus wash the Disciples' feet
Mural at the Theological School of Athens 2x1.5 meters -
Christ Man of sorrows
Acrylic on wood 130×60 cm -
Jesus Christ
Encaustic on wood 30x40 cm -
Saint Isaak the Syrian
25x35cm digital artwork -
The Virgin
Encaustic on wood 30x40 cm -
Christ as a host at the Kingdom dinner.
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! -
The Tears of Jesus
"The Tears of Jesus". 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 -
The birth of Christ
"Nativity". 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 -
Prophet Elias
Acrylic on wood 22×30 cm -
Saint Maria of Paris
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Crucifixion Of Jesus Christ
Egg-tempera on wood. Church of Saint Nicholas Ragava in Plaka -
Saint Minas
Acrylic on canvas 70×100 cm -
Saint Alexanthros
Acrylic on wood 22×30 cm -
Saint Charalambos
Acrylic on wood 13×18 cm -
Saint Athanasios the great
Acrylic on wood 22×30 cm -
Virgin and Child
Acrylic on wood 22×30 cm -
Saint Nestor
Egg tempera on wood, 60 × 90 cm. -
Saint Anna
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Saint Spyrithon
Acrylic on wood 25 × 38 cm -
Nativity
Egg tempera on wood and polished gold, 60×80 cm. -
Archangel Michael and Gabriel
Egg tempera on wood and polished gold, 32,5 × 42,5 cm.. -
Archangels
Acrylic on wood 40 × 55 cm -
Remembering Miracle Archangel Michael in Chonais
Eggtempera on wood, 25×35 cm . -
Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos
Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos and the litany of the holy relic in the city in front of his church. Eggtempera on wood, 22×30 cm . -
St. Catherine
Acrylic on wood 30x40 cm. -
Christ
Acrylic on wood from an old icon. 20×30 cm -
Christ
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Saint James
Eggtempera on wood, 30×40 cm -
Saint Nicholaos
Acrylic on wood, 20 × 25 cm -
St. George
Egg tempera on wood 90 x 45 cm. -
Saint Modestos, the patron saint of animals
Acrylic on wood 30×40 cm -
Saint Anastasios
Acrylic on wood 30 × 40 cm -
Saint John the Baptist
Waterglass on marble 50×90 cm.. -
The Resurrection 3
Acrylic on canvas 40 × 60 cm. -
The crucifixion
Acrylic on wood, 30 × 40 cm -
The Annunciation
Acrylic on wood, 23 × 28 cm . -
Angel of the Lord and the Prophet Elias
Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 50 cm -
Abraham’s Hospitality
Acrylic on canvas, 50 × 70 cm -
The Angel at the Tomb
Acrylic on canvas 51 × 61 cm. -
The Resurrection 1
Acrylic on canvas 50 × 70 cm. -
The Resurrection 2
Egg tempera on wood, 30 × 40 cm. -
The Apostle Paul in the Tempest. Project with the collaboration of Father Stamatis Skliris and Kosta
New martyrs of the Turkish occupation and the Greek revolution of 1821
Saint Makarios
Saint Filothei
Saint Theophilos from Zakynthos
Georgios Karaiskos
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Saint Makarios
Digital painting 60x60 cm. -
Saint Filothei
Icon of Agia Filothei painted as a noblewoman and not as a nun who became later. Rigoula was her name which means queen. A reminder for all the princes and noblewomen who are trapped in the family power, such as Agia Filothei who also had a wedding for the sake of the family. But instead of simply escaping from the power of the family, the Saint turned her into charity. The image shows God's inclination to the Saint to follow the solitary life. Digital painting 60x23,5 cm. -
Saint Theophilos from Zakynthos
Digital painting 60x60 cm. -
Georgios Karaiskos
Digital painting 60x60 cm.
Tribute to the apostle Paul
Do not forget the hospitality
The Apostle Paul leaves Damascus in a basket
The Apostle Paul writes the letter to Galatians
Apostle Paul
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Do not forget the hospitality
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. -
The Apostle Paul leaves Damascus in a basket
Digital painting 60x42 cm. -
The Apostle Paul writes the letter to Galatians
Digital painting 60x42 cm. -
Apostle Paul
Encaustic on wood 30x40 cm
Portraits of saints and respected persons
A group of icons painted in beechwood in a small size 15 × 23 cm with portraits of saints and of important people of the orthodox church.
Saint Dionysios from Zakynthos and the litany of his body
Τhe Annunciation
Alexandros Papadiamantis
Nikos Gavriil Pentzikis
Saint Jude the Thaddeos
Saint Stylianos
Saint Basil
Saint Pericles
Saint Nikolaos
Nativity
Jesus Christ
Saint Mary of Egypt
Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
Andrei Tarkovsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Gerontissa Gabrielia
Saint Elizabeth of Nagran
Maria Skobtsova or Saint Mary of Paris
Glikofilousa Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
Saint John
Saint Arethas
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Saint Dionysios from Zakynthos and the litany of his body
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Τhe Annunciation
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Alexandros Papadiamantis
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Nikos Gavriil Pentzikis
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Jude the Thaddeos
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Stylianos
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Basil
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Pericles
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Nikolaos
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Nativity
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Jesus Christ
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Mary of Egypt
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Andrei Tarkovsky
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Gerontissa Gabrielia
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Elizabeth of Nagran
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 -
Maria Skobtsova or Saint Mary of Paris
The holy and glorious venerable-martyr Maria Skobtsova (also Saint Mary of Paris or Mother Maria) was a nun and martyr in Paris in the early twentieth century. She encouraged hospitality and love of one's neighbor, often in the most uncompromising of terms. She considered this to be the foundation of the Christian gospel, and she embodied it in her life. She is often compared to Dorothy Day, an American Roman Catholic who founded the Catholic Worker movement. Saint Mary died a martyr in Ravensbrück prison. She was glorified by the Church of Constantinople on January 16, 2004, along with her companions, Priest Dmitri Klepinin, her son George (Yuri) Skobtsov, and Elie Fondaminsky. They are commemorated on July 20. Born to a well to do, upper-class family in 1891 in Latvia, she was given the name Elizaveta Pilenko. Her father died when she was a teenager, and she embraced atheism. In 1906 her mother took the family to St. Petersburg, where she became involved in radical intellectual circles. In 1910 she married a Bolshevik by the name of Dimitri Kuzmin-Karaviev. During this period of her life she was actively involved in literary circles and wrote much poetry. Her first book, Scythian Shards, was a collection of poetry from this period. By 1913 her marriage to Dimitri had ended. Through a look at the humanity of Jesus—"He also died. He sweated blood. They struck his face"—she began to be drawn back into Christianity. She moved—now with her daughter, Gaiana—to the south of Russia where her religious devotion increased. In 1918, after the Bolshevik Revolution, she was elected deputy mayor of the town of Anapa in Southern Russia. When the White Army took control of Anapa, the mayor fled and she became mayor of the town. The White Army put her on trial for being a Bolshevik. However, the judge was a former teacher of hers, Daniel Skobtsov, and she was acquitted. Soon the two fell in love and were married. Soon, the political tide was turning again. In order to avoid danger, Elizaveta, Daniel, Gaiana, and Elizaveta's mother Sophia fled the country. Elizaveta was pregnant with her second child. They traveled first to Georgia (where her son Yuri was born) and then to Yugoslavia (where her daughter Anastasia was born). Finally they arrived in Paris in 1923. Soon Elizaveta was dedicating herself to theological studies and social work. In 1926, Anastasia died of influenza—a heartbreaking event for the family. Gaiana was sent away to Belgium to boarding school. Soon, Daniel and Elizaveta's marriage was falling apart. Yuri ended up living with Daniel, and Elizaveta moved into central Paris to work more directly with those who were most in need. Her bishop encouraged her to take vows as a nun, something she did only with the assurance that she would not have to live in a monastery, secluded from the world. In 1932, with Daniel Skobtov's permission, an ecclesiastical divorce was granted and she took monastic vows. In religion she took the name Maria. Her confessor was Father Sergius Bulgakov. Later, Fr. Dmitri Klepinin would be sent to be the chaplain of the house. Mother Maria made a rented house in Paris her "convent." It was a place with an open door for refugees, the needy and the lonely. It also soon became a center for intellectual and theological discussion. In Mother Maria these two elements—service to the poor and theology—went hand-in-hand. Death When the Nazis took Paris in World War II, Jews soon approached the house asking for baptismal certificates, which Father Dimitri would provide them. Many Jews came to stay with them. They provided shelter and helped many escape. Eventually the house was closed down. Mother Maria, Fr. Dimitri, Yuri, and Sophia were all taken by the Gestapo. Fr. Dimitri and Yuri both died at the prison camp in Dora. Mother Maria was sent to the camp in Ravensbrück, Germany. On Holy Saturday, 1945, Mother Maria was taken to the gas chamber and entered eternal life. It is suggested that she took the place of another who had been selected for that death. Glorification Mother Maria was glorified by act of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on January 16, 2004. The glorification of Mother Maria, together with Fr. Dimitri, Yuri, and Ilya Fondaminsky took place at the Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Paris on May 1 and 2, 2004. Their feast day is July 20. Mother Maria has also her "dies natalist" as feast day on March 31.From https://orthodoxwiki.org/Maria_(Skobtsova) -
Glikofilousa Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint John
Acrylic on beech wood 15x23 cm. -
Saint Arethas
St. Arethas or Aretas (Arabic: آل الحارث "al-Haarith") was the leader of the Christian community of Najran in the early 6th century, was executed during the persecution of Christians by the Jewish king Dhu Nuwas in 523.[1][2] He is known from the Acta S. Arethae (also called Martyrium sancti Arethae or Martyrium Arethae)[3] which exists in two recensions: the earlier and more authentic, which was found by Michel Le Quien(Oriens Christianus, ii. 428) and was subsequently dated as no later than the 7th century; the later, revised by Simeon Metaphrastes, dates from the 10th century. --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethas_(martyr)