Episcopal rector faithfully teaches about icons
In the cold back room of the Church of St. Peter the Fisherman, three women are coaxing images etched on a board from darkness into light.
Sunlight glints off of gilding as Jesus, John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene slowly take shape under the watchful eye of retired Episcopal rector Timothy Dols, who teaches the "Images of the Holy" icon-writing class here every Saturday.
The materials are tricky and the pace is slow, but students say it's worth it.
"A lot of paintings, to me, are on the surface," student Pamela Stringer said. "These are like the night sky in the Sinai Desert - you can almost see the layers."
The Star-News of Wilmington reported that icons, stylized religious images that usually depict saints or Biblical figures and events, "use the symbols of faith to help people understand the presence of God," Dols said.
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Tried to post on this earlier, will try again. The Rev. Dr. Arnie Klukas gave wonderful workshops on icons when he was in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. I think he was an art history major before he went to seminary. Anyway, the combination of art and faith in the workshop I attended (an AFP Day to Pray at St. Paul's, Mt. Lebanon--maybe in 2000) was very moving.
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