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Icon Painting: The Path to Eternity

Orthodox icon painting is a living branch of spiritual art. Through the icon, a person turns to God and in their prayer enters into a dialogue with eternity.

Why the castle was named Palamidi?

The ancient writer Apollonius of Rhodes in his poem "Argonautica" describes how the sacred city of Nafplion was founded. In those days, our hero Nafplion handed over the sacred city to his son Palamedes, but Palamedes adopted from his father not only the city, but also the best qualities:

Who was Nafplion?

At the foot of a high cliff with a mysterious castle lies the small peninsula of Akronafplia. In ancient times, there was nothing on this peninsula except a single temple dedicated to Poseidon and a small settlement.

Nafplio

Nafplio is a city in the eastern Peloponnese

Painting

Painting belongs to the Fine Arts and is the art of producing or representing a real or imaginary image, through personal work, with the help of physical or electronic media.

My paintings reflect the harmony between the external and internal worlds. What secrets does beauty hold? Why has humanity, throughout the ages, sought to surround itself with beautiful things? What purpose did the Creator embed in the perfect forms of nature?

 
 
 
 

Why is it that an artist, having approached the mystery of the formula of beauty, can transfer harmony into their work but often struggles to find it within their own soul—falling prey to depression and losing their mind under the weight of emotions and anxieties?

How can one gain feedback from a painting and hear the voice of the beautiful yet silent teacher—nature?
Answers to these questions arise during moments of contemplation when I feel like an inseparable part of the surrounding world

Contact us

  • Alena Lys (Elena Nashchanskaia)
  • 21100 Nafplio, Argolida 
    Greece,
  • +30 6938447859
  • yel_8june@yahoo.com
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