Holy Icon

"The Great Archpriest", acrylic on wooden board, Bishop Maxim, 2023

This is an icon of Christ the Archpriest, that we can unlock our hearts before it. He will hear us because he has clear eyes that look at us as if they are listening to us. With care (he cares about us, we are not indifferent to him). PEACE and HONESTY reign in this work. He is "the Eternal One", the Universal Lover! The fiery love is painted on His red cheeks by painter Maxim. Some would say that his colors are too bright and to tone them down. But we say, leave them as they are. Because the iconographer is LITERAL. When he puts on the pure red, he wants to tell us: “CHRIST is all flame, all warmth, all love, all revolution!”
— Stamatis Skliris