To Pray with the Icon © Jacek Wróbel SJ “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). With these words we are encouraged by St. Paul to search for contact with God continuously so as eyes of the heart look at the Source of Life. However, isn’t the term “eyes of the heart” too abstract for our experiences and as a result we do not know how to pray? So maybe before we conquer our internal eyes we should focus our physical eyes on the face of Christ present in the icon. From the beginnings of Christianity the icon has been accompanying believers both as the testimony of redemption and a place...

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THE PROCESS OF CREATING AN ICON © Jacek Wróbel SJAn icon written on a wooden support is one of the forms of sacred art depicting the reality of the Kingdom of God taking place on Earth. In addition to wall paintings, frescoes and bas-reliefs, the image on the board, since the early centuries of Christianity, served believers first to commemorate the events that led to the salvation of man from eternal death, and then as an element of worship, i.e. worship of God, igniting love and stimulating to pray. Both these sumptuous icons placed in temples as well as the smaller ones kept in homes and...

Who we are? See ICON WAY  Possibility to organize workshops by the "Icon Way" Studio for an organized group of persons upon request - place, date and conditions to be agreed. To ask for more details, write an e-mail at the address indicated in "Contact". We invite you to the icon writing courses organized by the "Icon Way" Studio at the Centre of Spiritual Formation in Kalisz (Poland) For more information and to send an application - write an e-mail at the address indicated in "Contact" Offer - 2024 05 – 11 August (1st degree course) – the face of Christ Pantocrator 06 – 12...