Local Event: "Iconographer to visit CIC this Wednesday, 1/16/08"

The press release from the Catholic Information Center:

Noted iconographer Sister Eliseea Papocioc will be visiting the Catholic Information Center on Wednesday, January 16th. Sr. Eliseea is a Romanian Orthodox nun and hermitess who lives outside of Bucharest. Her work has been featured at the Smithsonian and at the John Paul II Cultural Center.

The program will be begin at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16. Sr. Eliseea will speak about her icons, which will be displayed. There will also be a question-and-answer session. The event will end at 7:30 p.m.

To learn more about Sr. Eliseea and her work, see this article in The Catholic Virginian.

Related: I especially love St. George Icons, like this Russian one. A google gallery of them here.