HEXÆMERON is a 501c(3) non-profit organization officially founded in 2005 through the work of a group of Orthodox Christians who came together in 2003 to meet a need to provide sound and structured education in the art of icon. Since 2003 Hexaemeron has provided training for hundreds of students across the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, New Zealand and Australia.
Courses in ecclesial arts include icon painting, pictorial embroidery, and low-relief stone and wood carving. Our nearly twenty-year history has won us a reputation for the highest quality of instruction available in terms of aesthetic principle, comprehensive delivery, and faithfulness to tradition.
Our master artist faculty balance time between their commissioned works and teaching classes in iconography.
HEXAEMERON INC takes its name from the Greek term that signifies the six days of creation as described in the opening chapters of Genesis. St. Basil the Great, writing in the fourth century about these six days, developed a text of nine treatises called THE HEXAEMERON, which is a commentary on the successive measures of plenitude:
"And God said, let there be ..."
In keeping with its name, HEXAEMERON INC offers SIX DAYS OF CREATION courses in ecclesial arts for the beginner and for those who have acquired a teachable level of artistic skills and experience, and have a desire to enter into the tradition of Christian arts for the benefit of the Church and Her children.
Although Hexaemeron has been an itinerant school of ecclesial arts for more than a decade, it has long been our goal to create a fully operating apprenticeship program in a fixed location under the blessing of the Orthodox Church. You can join us in this effort with your resources and your prayers. Until such time as we can realize the reality of a school in residence, donations to Hexaemeron go to support scholarships for deserving students. You may designate a particular student to support with your gift. The total amount will go directly to support scholarships; no administrative expenses are supported by your gift.
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