The Necessity of Adorning the New Temple, an essay by Hexaemeron Board President Mary Lowell, addresses her experience with church building communities and work with providing education in the sacred art of the icon. “Orthodox temple architecture is shaped by worship and for worship, an integration of liturgy and architecture. The structural arrangement of stone and wood is incomplete without infusing it with the message of salvation, written in the language of sacred imagery. Read more.
The Necessity of Adorning the New Temple, an essay by Hexaemeron Board President Mary Lowell, addresses her experience with church building communities and work with providing education in the sacred art of the icon. “Orthodox temple architecture is shaped by worship and for worship, an integration of liturgy and architecture. The structural arrangement of stone and wood is incomplete without infusing it with the message of salvation, written in the language of sacred imagery.