"Gaze of Becoming: Between Athens and Harvard", acrylic on canvas panel, Bishop Maxim, 2025

"Gaze of Becoming: Between Athens and Harvard", acrylic on canvas panel, Bishop Maxim, 2025

This drawing portrays John Zizioulas in his Harvard years—thoughtful, serene, and marked by a quiet intensity. His gaze reveals a young theologian in formation, balancing deep tradition with emerging insight. The lines are gentle yet purposeful, capturing a mind on the cusp of shaping a vision that would one day transform Orthodox and Christian thought.