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Woman Paints Murals of Byzantine Iconography

November 7 2024

Image caption:
Artist Tamara Lysloff paints Byzantine-style icons at St. Innocent Eastern Orthodox Church as Father Sergei Glagolev looks on. The five icons, that have the Eucharist as the central theme, will be blessed in a ceremony June 4 conducted by the Rt. Rev. John Shahovsky, Eastern Orthodox Bishop of San Francisco.

Photographer: George Brich, Valley Times Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library

Photographs dated January 9, 1961

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11/7/2024

I like the angle of this photograph. Not only can you can see the artist at work, you can see the paint on her jeans, and the beautiful image she's creating. And the priest seems very pleased. Very nice photo.