On the occasion of the celebration of the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution of 1821, through the Special Synodic Committee of the Academy of Ecclesiastic Arts, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece organizes an Exhibition of Visual Arts on the topic “The Holy Neomartyrs and the Greek Revolution”, to be held in the Cultural Centre of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, 15, Basil the Great Street, 118 54 Athens (Rouf), Greece, tel. no. 0030-210-34 73 887.

The organisers of the exhibition address themselves to every visual artist and invite him or her to participate under the following terms:

  1. The exhibition will be inaugurated on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, and is to run until Thursday, December 30, 2021.
  2. The topic of the exhibition will be as stated above, i.e. “The Holy Neomartyrs and the Greek Revolution”.
  3. Works of traditional Orthodox art as well as works which constitute a free personal expression of the artist, will be welcome.
  4. The genre of the works and the techniques are free (painting, icon painting, engraving, mosaic, glass painting, wood carving, miniature sculpture, embroidery).
  5. All artists are eligible. Each artist shall participate with 1 to 3 works. The works nominated for the exhibition will be selected by a Panel of Critics, constituted by the members of the Special Synodic Committee of the Academy of Ecclesiastic Arts.
  6. Each artist wishing to participate shall submit to the Special Synodic Committee of Ecclesiastic Arts of the Church of Greece (1, Iassiou and 14, Ghennadiou Streets, 115 21 Athens, Greece, tel. no. 0030 210 72 72 268 / -255, or 0030 6983 772 240) a dossier addressed “To the Special Synodic Committee of Ecclesiastic Arts. For the “Art of Icons 2021” Exhibition, to the attention of the Very Rev. Arechimandrite Father Bartholomaios Antoniou-Triantaphyllides) and containing:
  • a brief CV, including contact details (address, telephone numbers, e-mail address);
  • photographs of 1 to 3 of his or her works, with which he or she wishes to participate in the exhibition. (On the photographs the name of the artist, the title of the work, and a brief description of its material and dimensions should be indicated. ) The dossiers shall be submitted either in person or through the post by the end of August 2021.

 

For more information please contact the Secretary of the Special Synodic Committee of the Academy of Ecclesiastic Arts, Very Rev. Archimandrite Father Bartholomaios Antoniou-Triantaphyllides, at the following telephone numbers: 0030-210-7272268-255 or 698 377 22 40.