Course program
Sunday 7.6.
Arrival and accommodation, rooms available from 3:00 PM.
Please do not bring your belongings to the classroom before Monday morning. Any meals on Sunday are at your own expense. Please check the opening hours of Restaurant Trapesa and be prepared with snacks if necessary.
Monday 8.6.
Commemoration of Saint Cyril of Alexandria
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Course opening
9:30 AM Icon subject selection and composition planning
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Subject selection, composition planning, drawing preparation, pigments into emulsion and underpainting
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and evening prayers
7:30 PM Supper
Tuesday 9.6.
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and Liturgy
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Grinding colors, sankir work begins
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Sankir work continues, basics of building expression, strengthening facial features between sankir layers, mixing base colors and text practice begins
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and evening prayers
7:30 PM Supper
Wednesday 10.6.
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM First highlight on skin areas, base color work
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Sankir glaze on skin areas and base color work
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and evening prayers
7:30 PM Supper
Thursday 11.6.
Commemoration of Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and Liturgy
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Second highlight on skin areas, base color work
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Base color work, working on garments and background
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and Akathist to Saint Arseni of Konevets
7:30 PM Supper
Friday 12.6.
Commemoration of Saint Arseni of Konevets
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Third highlight on skin areas, painting garments
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Working on the background (i.e., background color, halos, nature, animals and possible buildings)
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and Triple Canon in the Old Church
7:30 PM Supper
Saturday 13.6.
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and Liturgy in the Old Church
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Fourth highlight (light accent) on skin areas, blush and ochre glaze. Working on garments
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Painting the background
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Vigil
7:30 PM Supper
Sunday 14.6.
80th anniversary of Lintula Monastery's settlement in Palokki
8:00 AM Departure to Lintula
8:30 AM Blessing of water, liturgy, lunch and festive moment in Lintula
2:00 PM Fifth highlight on skin areas, building expression and finishing the background
4:00 PM Dinner
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and Akathist to the Mother of God in honor of the Konevets Icon
7:30 PM Supper
Monday 15.6.
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Eyes, final highlights, red accents and correction of skin areas
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Finishing garments
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and evening prayers
7:30 PM Supper
Tuesday 16.6.
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and Liturgy
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Lettering
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Finishing
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Opportunity for independent work according to teacher's instructions
6:00 PM Ninth Hour, Vespers, Small Compline and evening prayers
7:30 PM Supper
Wednesday 17.6.
6:00 AM Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Finishing as needed. If the works are completed the previous day, the final review of the works and the course closing will be held on Tuesday evening.
11:30 AM Final review of works, finishing instructions for home, course closing
12:00 PM Lunch
