{"id":283737,"date":"2021-11-03T05:33:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T05:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=283737"},"modified":"2021-11-03T05:33:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T05:33:36","slug":"new-yorks-answer-to-the-sistine-chapel-priest-spends-six-years-covering-every-wall-of-his-church-in-vivid-byzantine-style-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=283737","title":{"rendered":"New York&apos;s answer to the Sistine Chapel: Priest spends six years covering every wall of his church in vivid byzantine style paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New York&#8217;s answer to the Sistine Chapel: Priest spends six years covering every wall of his church in vivid byzantine style religious paintings<\/h2>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By  <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  04:37 BST, 2 May 2013  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  04:37 BST, 2 May 2013  <\/span> <\/p>\n<div data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\">\n<ul> <b><\/p>\n<li class=\"share-facebook-long\"><\/li>\n<p><\/b> <\/p>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-flipboard\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-fbmessenger\">  <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">  <\/li>\n<p> &lt;li data-anchor=&quot;tl&quot; data-twitter-status=&quot; website via @MailOnline&quot; data-formatted-headline=&quot;New York\\&#039;s answer to the Sistine Chapel: Priest spends six years covering every wall of his church in vivid byzantine style paintings&quot; data-hide-email=&quot;true&quot; data-article-id=&quot;2318075&quot; data-article-channel-follow-button=&quot;MailOnline&quot; data-is-channel=&quot;false&quot; id=&quot;shareLinkTop&quot; class=&quot;share-icons&quot; data-placement=&quot;top&quot; website  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <!-- ad: website --><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">The religious scenes playing out on the interior walls of St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church could have been painted centuries ago.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">Saints are seen balancing gilded halos; <a href=\"https:\/\/de.bab.la\/woerterbuch\/englisch-deutsch\/winged%20angels\">winged angels<\/a> hug curved arches; calligraphic lettering help to tell ancient stories.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">But the paint is barely dry.<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">   <img height=\"424\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Artist's work: Iconographer and Reverend Theodore Jurewicz looks over the icons he's painted over the last six years, which totally cover the interior of the St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church in Lackawanna, New York on Monday\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Artist&#8217;s work: <a href=\"https:\/\/lerablog.org\/?s=Iconographer\">Iconographer<\/a> and Reverend Theodore Jurewicz looks over the icons he&#8217;s painted over the last six years, which totally cover the interior of the St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church in Lackawanna, New York on Monday<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">This brick sanctuary on a street busy with shopping and fast food was, on and off for more than six years, the canvas of the Rev.Theodore Jurewicz as he quietly practiced an art form that had its beginnings in the Roman Empire.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Paintbrush and palette in hand, the Serbian Orthodox priest filled virtually every square inch of interior wall and ceiling with icons, sacred paintings depicting the life of Christ and the angels and saints.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-20\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p> <b><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/b> <\/p>\n<h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">There are hundreds of figures in the timeless Byzantine style, drawing the eye up, around and into nooks and crannies with vivid colors that pop from a slate blue backdrop.Even the thermostat and light switch plates have been transformed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">&#8216;I was always interested in holy pictures when I was a child. I used to scribble on paper and on the walls,&#8217; Jurewicz said. &#8216;It just grew on me, I guess.&#8217;<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter\">   <img height=\"501\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Near lifetime: Rev Jurewicz has been doing this work for about 40 years, often working on several Orthodox churches at a time\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Near lifetime: Rev Jurewicz has been doing this work for about 40 years, often working on several Orthodox churches at a time<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">He has been doing this work for about 40 years, often working on several Orthodox churches at a time, commuting from his Erie, Pa., church and spending a few weeks before again moving on.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size:1.2em\">&#8216;It&#8217;s nice,&#8217; said the white-bearded Jurewicz, 63, who is matter-of-fact about his talent.&#8217;You come back rested. You see your mistakes and correct them.&#8217;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church was completed just in time for the May 5 Easter celebration.<\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"floatRHS\">\n<h2>\n<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"font-style: italic\"><font style=\"font-size: 1.4em\">&#8216;We don&#8217;t worship icons &#8230; we use them to communicate with the person in the icon&#8217;<\/font><\/h2>\n<h2>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">&#8211; Rev Theodore Jurewicz<\/font><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><font style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The Rev. Rastko Trbuhovich, who has been there 28 years, said church leaders had casually talked about such a project for years before finally moving forward to raise funds for  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caravax.com\/tranh-tho-cuu-huyen-that-to-tranh-son-mai-tphcm\/\">Landscape lacquer painting<\/a> the $160,000 undertaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s answer to the Sistine Chapel: Priest spends six years covering every \u2026","protected":false},"author":77384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5014],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283738,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283737\/revisions\/283738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}