The Icon Painting Studio of St.Elisabeth Convent

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  • čas přidán 4. 01. 2016
  • Preview Icons from the Workshop: catalog.obitel-minsk.com/icons... The icon-painting studio of St. Elisabeth Convent was established in 1999.In the fifteen years of its existence, the icon-painting studio has painted icons for churches throughout the world. The icon-painters follow in the footsteps of Byzantine and Russian artists of the XII - XV centuries and use ancient icon painting techniques.

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  • @albertadriftwood3612
    @albertadriftwood3612 Před 4 měsíci +11

    I can't imagine a more gratifying profession.

  • @emiliahbam
    @emiliahbam Před rokem +16

    I'm also writing icons, its something incomprehensible in it. I think it is spiritual development. I would say that process of making icons, teaches me humility and mercy from God.

    • @TeachKathy
      @TeachKathy Před 5 měsíci +1

      I also have written an icon, great effort, boundless spiritual rewards in doing so. It surprises me though to hear them discuss “ painting” an icon, you are the first person to express it as “writing” an icon, exactly as I was taught. We don’t paint, we write, when creating the icon.

  • @anitkithra
    @anitkithra Před 2 lety +57

    When I was Chrismated last month, my godmother ordered me an icon of my Saint from this studio. It is very special to me. Thank you for your wonderful work.

    • @kathydowner7298
      @kathydowner7298 Před 2 lety +7

      Thank you for your prayers and dedication to the church, as you prepared the icon for my beloved goddaughter, Jessica.

    • @tatiananaugolnykh
      @tatiananaugolnykh Před 7 měsíci +4

      Do you have their contact information, please?

    • @CatalogofStElisabethConvent
      @CatalogofStElisabethConvent  Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​@@tatiananaugolnykh Greetings! You can order custom icon at your icon painting studio here catalog.obitel-minsk.com/custom-order-hand-painted-icons
      You will also find a wide variety of icons painted by us at our Catalogue.

  • @severianmonk7394
    @severianmonk7394 Před rokem +13

    These nuns and lay sisters are absolutely oozing with God-blessed talents and charisms. I love how serious they are about preparing the wood in the traditional way. These images are meant to last.

  • @Orthodoge
    @Orthodoge Před 5 měsíci +3

    I used to love drawing and painting up until high school, it’s been about 8 years since I’ve done any sketches or art but seeing this(after coming to orthodoxy) really gives me the desire to learn to write icons

  • @painiteeclipse5647
    @painiteeclipse5647 Před 4 lety +65

    I love icons so much. I have a lot of icons in my room, and my mother said this about them: "You have so many icons here, that you can turn your room into a church."

    • @albertafarmer8638
      @albertafarmer8638 Před 6 měsíci

      It's idolatry, please repent and turn to the living JESUS CHRIST!!!

    • @housemouse4209
      @housemouse4209 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@albertafarmer8638Now don’t be silly. Having an icon is like having a photograph of someone dear to you. It is a way to connect with God and His mother and His angels and His saints, and a visual reminder of them all. So long as you are not worshipping the icon itself, but rather, what the icon represents, there is no problem. Have a blessed day.

    • @albertafarmer8638
      @albertafarmer8638 Před 6 měsíci

      @@housemouse4209 Hi, GOD doesn't have a mother, Mary was allowed to carry the Messiah and raise HIM! We are not supposed to connect with dead people, that's a terrible sin! Mary is not a deity! JESUS CHRIST is GOD, see John 1!
      PS: and also not t make images - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

    • @housemouse4209
      @housemouse4209 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@albertafarmer8638 Well, it would seem that our beliefs differ *greatly*, and neither of us is going to change the other’s mind. God bless you, and have a good day.

    • @albertafarmer8638
      @albertafarmer8638 Před 6 měsíci

      @@housemouse4209 Hi, you just have to take GOD'S word, the Holy Bible, seriously. Blessings from Canada.

  • @user-wv1pe7gq1h
    @user-wv1pe7gq1h Před 7 měsíci +5

    Thank you I love icons it is so beautiful.

  • @fl7210
    @fl7210 Před 7 měsíci +8

    This is so beautiful. Truly this place and these works are blessed with holiness

  • @sergiolobato1798
    @sergiolobato1798 Před 3 lety +12

    How fascinating that a painting can transcend a object of art and become a spiritual icon.

  • @isidoreaerys8745
    @isidoreaerys8745 Před 4 lety +30

    I’m an atheist but these works are nonetheless breathtakingly beautiful and I’m greatful to those who have preserved this cultural tradition.

    • @JeimsCoffen
      @JeimsCoffen Před 7 měsíci +1

      this is a very worthy opinion!!

  • @user-sx3cl9xo8z
    @user-sx3cl9xo8z Před 2 lety +8

    Богодухновенно и впечатляюще игра красок и фактуры-потрясающе....

  • @SageethChathumadhu
    @SageethChathumadhu Před 3 lety +6

    May lord bless you all talented artists for preserving this tradition 🙏🙌❤

  • @pchykins6680
    @pchykins6680 Před rokem +12

    Oh I'd love to dedicate my whole life doing this art! I wish I could be in that studio!

    • @severianmonk7394
      @severianmonk7394 Před rokem +3

      Me too. Alas, I can't draw a stick figure that looks like a stick figure. But we all can become ikons.

    • @JeimsCoffen
      @JeimsCoffen Před 7 měsíci +2

      I strongly advise you! I was there, I talked with icon painters, the atmosphere there is very kind, very good!!! It helped me in my creative way!😊

  • @LapisOnPawz
    @LapisOnPawz Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is all so beautiful, i love icons. Im making a Divine Child for my mom and the Mother of Christ for me 😊❤

  • @royvanzadel2987
    @royvanzadel2987 Před 2 lety +11

    it is really creating a miracle of life,do you also use birch or cedar wood for painting the Icon,here in Holland I always check out the large containers for waste,few weeks I discover a wooden oak tree plank of 3 meters long and 5 cm thick and I mold them wich comes in practical and spirituall and use it for decorating the home I rent, wood is like gold but most people here in the west do not always realize it's importance,burned two candles for you all so you will enjoy a blessed Icon spiritual painting day and as I was singing the jesus prayer on the way home,the birds were happy singing along,I love the early mornings now and when I was a child but we all are children of God,only now in one mature body universal

  • @dicktrickle0
    @dicktrickle0 Před rokem +8

    This was absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @toyotahonda8921
    @toyotahonda8921 Před 2 lety +6

    Now i understand why the icon is almost priceless art

  • @marcelloruiz9032
    @marcelloruiz9032 Před 4 lety +8

    Amazing video ! I love icons and wish to learn how to make them myself, nothing but love and blessings from a fellow Christian from Miami ☦️🙏🏼❤️

  • @awetodaydomdom7075
    @awetodaydomdom7075 Před 2 lety +5

    Wonderful & amazing work. Really talented people it’s God’s gift. Stay Blessed

  • @alsaulso1332
    @alsaulso1332 Před 4 lety +7

    I also paint icons!! love your work

  • @robertafierro5592
    @robertafierro5592 Před rokem +4

    How I DREAM of being GREAT ENOUGH to even TRY to do this would be my meaning of NIRVANA!

    • @karasu1982
      @karasu1982 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Pray to the good Lord and dedicate yourself to it and you will.

  • @clementbretanno1116
    @clementbretanno1116 Před 3 lety +6

    Very nice... Keep up the good work... God bless you all... Jesus is now in sorrow because His sacrament of Eucharist is not given to the people He really loves (almost every where in the world) . The Church authorities make so many rules that His people cannot freely go to Church. A large number of His people, young and old, in the covid era leave Him behind and engage in worldy things, even on Sunday, a day that should be devoted for our Lord. We need to pray everyday and dedicate our time for Him, because He really loves us.

  • @Boshtel987
    @Boshtel987 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Perfect

  • @cledwynstafford4819
    @cledwynstafford4819 Před 2 lety +1

    ...how wonderful.

  • @daverios44
    @daverios44 Před 5 lety +10

    I'm have started to paint icons

  • @deep.misery
    @deep.misery Před 8 měsíci +2

    My dream

  • @creativespark7371
    @creativespark7371 Před 6 měsíci +2

    "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..."
    Definition of "graven image" : sculpture or image of an idol or god that is venerated/worshipped/used as an object of worship

    • @jackelp
      @jackelp Před 8 dny

      A graven image is only something which is worshipped. In the Old Testament, we find God's command to Moses in the construction of cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant, additionally, there were also paintings of angels inside Solomon's temple, neither of these can be considered idols or graven images as they were constructed directly at God's command, or by one close to God such as Solomon, despite the fact that in the commandments, God states: "Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:" read in context, this passage conveys that God only passes ill judgment on those who "adore"- which is taken to mean worship: Greek: λατρεύσῃς - Worship, and also those who "hate" him Neither of these can those who venerate icons be accused of. In the same way, Icons and statues are not created for the purpose of worship, and so they are not graven images. Veneration of icons, statues, relics and other sacred objects is a permissible act and is encouraged for one's spiritual life in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

  • @mariastingaciu9154
    @mariastingaciu9154 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Wonderful!
    I also paint orthodox icons

  • @kenzystarr3115
    @kenzystarr3115 Před 3 lety +4

    1 Maccabees 3:48
    [48]And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.

    • @lurji
      @lurji Před 2 lety +5

      cope

    • @CzarLazar1389
      @CzarLazar1389 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Are you Catholic or Orthodox by any chance? Both accept 1 Maccabees as a canonical book of the Old Testament, and both make icons and images.

  • @rogerfield2766
    @rogerfield2766 Před 4 lety +6

    our 50 wedding anniversary is in December. I would like to order and icon of Mary. How do I go about doing this. I live in Alberta, Canada.

    • @irenedavo3768
      @irenedavo3768 Před 4 lety +1

      Roger Field there is link above! Please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi

  • @fabioparra2711
    @fabioparra2711 Před 4 lety +1

    I want to learn this

  • @nidaljabarin4743
    @nidaljabarin4743 Před 3 lety

    Спасибо вам но У меня такой вопрос можно покрывать на дерево и написать с яйцом темпера сразу на дерево или на надо поставят холост и подклеивать ег на дерева? потом нарисовать или написать на холостой которы подклеин на дерева? Я жду ответа, спасибо

  • @therobloxdominicanbois1039

    I love icon orthodox because i paint

  • @nidaljabarin4743
    @nidaljabarin4743 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you, but I have such a question, can I cover it on a tree and paint it with an egg tempera directly on the tree? Or should I put a blank (canvas) and glue it on the tree? Then paint on a blank (canvas) which is stuck to a tree? I am waiting for an answer, thanks

    • @AramsYoutube
      @AramsYoutube Před 2 lety +2

      you should (and traditionally it is) paint it directly on the prepared wood surface, at most maybe some kind of a gesso might help.

  • @PronounsAreHerMajesty
    @PronounsAreHerMajesty Před 3 měsíci

    I would travel there and spend however long it takes to learn the whole process. Are there those who teach in English?

  • @reneefernandez7787
    @reneefernandez7787 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Se puede trsducir sl español?

  • @sufferingorthodoxy352
    @sufferingorthodoxy352 Před 5 lety +1

    I how do I become an icon painter for my career

  • @KJFILM19936
    @KJFILM19936 Před 15 dny

    anyone know the music name at 4:14 ? beautiful

  • @katarzynajaninakozowska1893

    ☆♡

  • @tonendeno8850
    @tonendeno8850 Před 4 lety +5

    How can I order an icon? I'm from Philippines. Thanks!

    • @flearhcp
      @flearhcp Před 4 lety +3

      head to their store on the website :)

    • @bushido7380
      @bushido7380 Před 4 lety +1

      Go to the first ortodox monastery. They will give you icon.

  • @flipbethe7213
    @flipbethe7213 Před 2 lety

    Ameen

  • @deer563
    @deer563 Před 2 lety +2

    I maybe an atheist but i have an icon in my house you"re guys work is amazing.

    • @rosieclarkson4064
      @rosieclarkson4064 Před 8 měsíci

      I pray you don't stay an atheist for long! I think you are searching. Ask God to guide you.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly Před 3 lety +1

    Pronunciation of Gesso: "Jesso." Because it is an Italian word, the g before an e or an i is pronounced like a j.

  • @marcusaurelius1477
    @marcusaurelius1477 Před 4 lety +2

    How do those in America learn this ?

    • @deer563
      @deer563 Před rokem

      You can enroll yourself on online class about how to make an icon

  • @johnleontakianakos4362
    @johnleontakianakos4362 Před 2 lety +1

    It would be greatly appreciated if this could be retitled "The Icon Writing Studio..." as icon are "written" they are NOT paintings.

  • @natewatl9423
    @natewatl9423 Před 5 měsíci +3

    With love & respect, I must lament the use of "painting" an icon whereas in all the ages, icons have been "written." This is the root meaning of iconography ‐‐ icon writing. The icon is theology in color. Please correct the English voice over. 😢

    • @DFMoray
      @DFMoray Před 2 měsíci +2

      I’m afraid you are making a mountain out of a molehill.
      The word for paint and write are practically the same in Greek. And the 2 top iconographers (one being Dr. George Kordis) both say paint instead of write.
      It’s as Paul says in Titus 3:9 “But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.”
      When you create an Icon you draw it and than you paint it and you also write on it so it’s all correct at some stage. Tools are used to point us toward God and the Saints.
      It’s like saying sing or chant or intone, it’s all the same, we don’t need to get legalistic and shed tears and correct people about it. It’s not like it’s heresy or something.
      Glory to God!
      Have mercy on me, a sinner.

  • @jwhippet8313
    @jwhippet8313 Před 3 lety

    Does anyone know what the cap-like hat women icons wear under their veil is called?

    • @deer563
      @deer563 Před rokem

      hijab

    • @olgavodolazovaz5081
      @olgavodolazovaz5081 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Чепец на голове, прикрывает волосы, мафор это сверху чепца, одежда Богородицы.Одежда Богородицы на иконе не хиджаб а мофор. Это название в православной религии .

  • @johnfox781
    @johnfox781 Před 2 lety +1

    Paint the truth

  • @CHRISTO_1001
    @CHRISTO_1001 Před 25 dny

    😃👨🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓🇮🇳🥇🤑🤑🧑‍🔧🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

  • @johnfox781
    @johnfox781 Před 2 lety +2

    These people was black why y'all painting White

    • @deer563
      @deer563 Před rokem +4

      Historically they would have been brown white kinda

    • @maxl5423
      @maxl5423 Před rokem

      Stop stealing a culture that’s not yours you culture vulture

    • @mariorizkallah5383
      @mariorizkallah5383 Před rokem +1

      @@deer563 yes indeed, an olive skin, not dark dark black, but a light light brown

    • @deer563
      @deer563 Před rokem

      @@mariorizkallah5383 you took the words right out of my mouth

    • @Sunshine-lo6vd
      @Sunshine-lo6vd Před 4 měsíci

      No actually they were not black. If that were true, one would see more icons in Africa. The people are of middle eastern origin. Olive skin and sun kissed copper brown. NOT black 🤦🏽‍♀️. Have a nice day.

  • @BigCityCountryBoi
    @BigCityCountryBoi Před 2 lety +2

    Where are the Melinated icons like the "Black Madonna" and 👶🏿 the pope's pray to ? 🤔

  • @Zx3l1jahXz
    @Zx3l1jahXz Před rokem +3

    Whitewashed

  • @dominicanvic9
    @dominicanvic9 Před 2 lety +2

    Glorified gaslighting.