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“Writing icons is praying” – conversing with Stéphane René (2nd part)

Transfiguration, egg tempera on gesso with gold leaf – written by Stéphane René

In this second part, the french iconographer Stéphane René gives us some important keys to penetrate into the coptic iconographic art with its techniques, its history but also its profound spirituality. The first part of the interview is here.

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The Coptic Icon Between Past and Present: Conversing With Stéphane René (1st part)

Stéphane René and Isaac Fanous in his studio

Natidallospirito.com presents to you an interview given to us by an important iconographer Stéphane René. Born in France, Stéphane René (deacon Stephanos), after embracing Orthodoxy, has become a leading exponent of the Neo-Coptic School. He studied under the school’s founder, Prof. Isaac Fanous, at the

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