Description
The form of the icon goes back to the very beginnings of Christianity, growing out of existing art into the carefully detailed rules of today. Using the icons that adorn Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church — some well over 300 years old — and from the presenter’s private collection, learn how colors, poses, even the shapes of the mouth and nose, all tell us something about the saints, and their response to God’s grace.
Father Christopher Zugger is a graduate of Saint Bonaventure University and Washington Theological Union and was ordained in 1981. He served as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Rite Catholic Church from 1985-2008. He is the author of numerous books including Looking to Tomorrow: The History and Mission of the Byzantine Catholic Church; and a forthcoming book on Catholics in the Soviet Gulag.