Liturgical arts
Everywhere you see love, everywhere you breathe the fragrance of love. Our God is the God of love. His kingdom is the kingdom of love.
St. John of Kronstadt
Festival of Orthodox Arts 2024
The festival featured work from over 15 artists and included icons, mosaics, paintings, stained glass, ceramics, sculpture, woodcuts and photography.
Events included a talk by icon painter Aidan Hart and a conversation organised in partnership with the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS), with Aidan Hart, Dr Andrew Nosal and Dr Elizabeth Theokritoff. There was a concert by Emma Hetherington and the Mosaic Choir as well as children’s workshops.
Café proceeds and 20% of art sales were donated to Genesis Trust, the local charity working with homeless and vulnerable people in the Bath Area.
Tamara Penwell
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14).
I have been practising iconography for over thirty years. The aim in each icon is to testify to the Incarnation of God the Word and to the sanctity of the redeemed Creation.
In the Orthodox Church the icons bear witness to the reality of God’s presence with us in the mystery of faith. The icons are not just human pictures or visual aids to contemplation and prayer. They are the witnesses of the presence of the Kingdom of God to us, and so of our own presence to the Kingdom of God in the Church.
TamaraKaren Bates
Karen makes ceramic creations which feature the distinct and ancient Coptic style of Christian imagery. Her work was fired at a local potter supplier until the pandemic.
Emma Hetherington
Brought up in the Parish and former choir director, Emma is an accomplished musician and composer. Some of her work can be heard through the following links.