Topic: Saint Gregory Palamas

Iconography and St. Gregory Palamas

Articles
4 August, 2023

God's Essence and Energies Icons Saint Gregory Palamas Theology

St. Gregory Palamas's doctrine of God's essence and énergies is fundamental for the understanding of icons. God is unknown and unknowable in his essence but manifests himself in his énergies. These énergies shone in Christ Transfiguration, in the Holy Light. It is in this Light that icons depict our world and people in the light of the Heavenly Jerusalem.

The Image of God the Father in Orthodox Theology and Iconography and Other Studies

Books
17 February, 2016

Allegory Canons God the Father Icons Images Death Saint Gregory of Nyssa Saint Gregory Palamas Eyes

This book presents eight studies that help the reader to understand icons: The Image of God the Father, Canons on Iconography, The Not-So-Penetrating Look, Death in Orthodox Iconography, Allegorical Personification in Orthodox Iconography, Who Can, Should Paint Icons?, Iconography and St. Gregory Palamas, "Man as the Image of God" in St. Gregory of Nyssa and in Orthodox Iconography.