Artist explores iconography within Palestinian life today, particularly during era of occupation.Bethlehem / PNN PNN Probabilistic Neural Network PNN Police National Network (UK) PNN Profesor No Numerario PNN Planet2025 News Network (internet news service) PNN Prediction-Based Nearest Neighbor PNN Plmn Network Name - The work of iconographer Ian Ambrose is being featured this week at Dar Annadwa, the Cultural Center in Bethlehem's Old City. The opening begins at 5 pm Thursday at Dar Annadwa's Al Khouf Gallery.Ambrose is a British expatriate who has been living and working in the Middle East for several years.A former Anglican priest who converted to Latin Catholicism, Ambrose now expresses his Christian faith, say supporters, through iconography. He has worked with Greek Orthodox Adj. 1. Greek Orthodox - of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Orthodox faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he , Latin rite Latin rite:
The Latin Rite is one of the 23 sui iuris Catholic and Melkite communities in Palestine, Jordan and Egypt. His local work includes the interior dome of St. Nicholas Church in Beit Jala Beit Jala (Arabic: , possibly from Aramaic 'grass carpet') is a small city in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank. . This exhibit will feature some of his most recent iconographic work; not the standard souvenirs that are put out by the tourist trade, but ones that explore iconography within the life of Palestine today, especially during this era of occupation. Ambrose is considered one of the most advanced iconographers from Western Europe, and says that he sees his work as a means to bring people of different religious faiths together to understand Christianity through the icon, as opposed to believing that icons are exclusively for worship in the Eastern Christian tradition. Copyright Palestine News Network The Palestine News Network is an Arabic language media network run by Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories (West Bank and Gaza). It cooperates with the International Middle East Media Center which translates many of its reports into English for international, non-Arabic , 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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