Michaels College and Guide lecturer at the Royal Ontario Museum, Byzantine Collection. Father Theodor was guest of Man Alive and is also been invited by different colleges and universities to lecture such as University of Ottawa and Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, St. Theodor has accomplished his success or notoriety through his many thousands of finished pieces and countless church decorations with the aid and collaboration of his main iconographic and very talented assistant Valentin Streltsov. Some churches due to its particular interior architecture allow every inch of the interior surface to be painted and some more loosely approached. Realizing that every architectural setting sets the mood of the given parish church he adapts his work to the existing space while arranging certain icons according to the standard placing in the Orthodox tradition he nevertheless, allows for specific variations according to the architecture of every unique interior. Father Theodore has painted numerous churches in most jurisdictions for professionally for about 50 years. Father Theodore has adopted both the “poeticness “ of the Slavic style and the “impact” of the Byzantine Style. He has become known for developing an aesthetic that involves elements of both Slavic and Greco-Byzantine traditions of iconography. Ever since that time, throughout his priesthood he has been painting or, as it is sometimes called “writing” icons. Father Theodore credits his work with both these masters at Holy Trinity Monastery, as sealing is interest in iconography. Father Theodore received his seminary training at Holy Trinity seminary, Jordanville and studied under two eminent masters of iconography archimandrite Cyprian and Archbishop Alypy of Chicago. Received a BA in Anthropology and a BA of Fine Arts degree from the state University of New York at Buffalo, and a Master in Fine Arts from the University of South Florida.
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