Arts & Music Ministries
There can be no words without images.---Aristotle
Orthodox Christians believe that an icon is a window into a heavenly world, a privileged point of contact between the viewer and the subject of the picture that communicates a living, power-filled presence. Its purpose is to convey or mediate spiritual realities rather than merely to show a saint or to describe a scene from the historical Gospels.
That is why icons are made according to an iconography that develops from generation to generation but remains recognizably itself. A language communicates only when speaker and listener both understand the words. Icons are a visual language; they are made according to iconography that develops
but that remains rooted in tradition.
I delight in icons. I delight in words. I delight in mixing both to see what happens if they blend.
If you are interested in displaying your artistry at St. Stephen's email Susan at arts@ststephensboise.org.
Choir
DEAR FRIENDS IN CHRIST,
Weekly rehearsals for parish choir will resume in September. Have a wonderful summer. Echo Garrett
