Iconography Project
2013 marked the Holy Cross community's 20th year of service to our Lord and His people. In gratitude to our Lord and in thanksgiving for the faithfulness of so many, we began the wall iconography project in the nave and sanctuary of our church temple.
Our icons are listed below on a per-wall basis.
North Wall / Playground Icons *
- Healing the man with the withered hand
(Mark 3:1-6) - Deliverance of the Gadarene demoniac
(Matthew 8:28-34) - Healing of the paralytic let down through the roof (Matt 9:1-8)
- Raising of Jairus' daughter
(Mark 5:22-24; 35-42) - Healing of the woman with the issue of blood
(Mark 5:25-34) - Stilling of the storm
(Luke 8:22-25)
- Cleansing of the 10 lepers
(Luke 17: 11-19) - Raising of the son of the widow of Nain
(Luke 7:11-17)
Ascetic Saints
South Wall / Maple Road Icons *
- Healing of the Nobleman's Son
(John 4:46-54) - Wedding at Cana
(John 2:1-11) - Healing of the Man Born Blind
(John 9:1-41) - Raising of Lazarus
(John 11:1-57)
- Feeding of the 5000
(John 6:1-15) - Healing the Lame Man at the Sheep Gate
(John 5:1-18) - Symeon the Stylite (the Younger)
- Crucifixion with Theotokos and St. John
East Wall / Altar Area Icons *
Deacon's Doors
Left Side
Right Side
Inside Wall
Left Side
Right Side
West Wall / Camp Meade Road Icons *
Bottom Left (Narthex/Nave Door), Synaxis of Evangelists/Missionaries:
Above the Window
Right Side, directly below the Hospitality of Abraham:
Bottom Right, Behind Choir
Bottom Right, flanking the Angelic Choir:
Our Iconographer
Conor O'Keefe was introduced to the visual arts as young boy and grew up expecting to become an artist like his father. He began his training in realist painting at age 17. In 2002, Conor joined the Orthodox Church and took the name Seraphim, after St. Seraphim of Sarov.
Seraphim has trained in Russia, the Republic of Georgia, St. Innocent’s Academy in Kodiak, Alaska and Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.
His apprenticeships have been under realist painter Jonathan Wurdeman — the first American to complete the rigorous Surikov institute in Russia — while in Georgia, and of Fr. Andrew Tregubov while in New York. He's been working primarily in iconography since August 2010.
Learn more about Seraphim and his work at his website, seraphimokeefe.com ›
Video Tour
In April 2013 Kh. Frederica took us on a tour of the nave as the icons were beginning to cover the wall, along with an informal interview with Seraphim O'Keefe.
