Icon Painting Advanced Course: Open Subject 10/2026

Icon Painting Advanced Course: Open Subject 10/2026


Event date 20.10.- 26.10.2026
Event location
Registration ends: 6.10.2026 00:00
Event prices. 539,00 €/College Hotel single room, incl. accommodation, teaching, meals

The course is best suited for those who master the basics of icon painting and tempera technique. The subject of the icon to be painted is freely chosen, according to the student's initial skill level. Alongside practical painting work and instruction, we will go through the theology of the content of the chosen icon subjects. Instruction for the course begins on 20.10., accommodation for the previous night is included in the course price, any meals on 19.10. are paid at Trapesaan at normal prices. Please note that those under 35 years old receive a 40 percent discount on icon painting courses. The instructor is icon painter Raija Kanninen.

The Epass mobile application can be used as a payment method for this course.

Monday 19.10.

Arrival in Valamo and accommodation. Participants have the option to check in on the day preceding the course. The actual teaching begins on Tuesday 20.10. at 9:00.

Tuesday 20.10.

06:00 Midnight and Morning Service. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

07:30 Breakfast.

09:00 Course opening and introduction to the topics to be painted and practical matters of painting,

preparation for work.

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Ninth Hour. Vespers. Small Compline and pravilo.

19:00 Supper

Wednesday 21.10.

06:00 Midnight and Morning Service. First Hour.

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 Practical work.

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Ninth Hour. Vespers. Small Compline and pravilo.

19:30 Supper

Thursday 22.10.

06:00 Midnight and Morning Service. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 Practical work.

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Ninth Hour. Vespers. Small Compline and pravilo.

19:00 Supper

Friday 23.10.

06:00 Midnight and Morning Service. First Hour.

07:30 Breakfast.

09:00 Practical work.

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Ninth Hour. Vespers. Panikhida.

19:00 Supper

Saturday 24.10. Demetrius Saturday. Commemoration Day for the Departed

06:00 Midnight Service. Parastas-Morning Service. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

07:30 Breakfast.

09:00 Practical work.

12:00 Moleben

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Vigil.

19:30 Supper

Sunday 25.10.

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 Third Hour. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Panagia.

11:00 Lunch

12:00 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Ninth Hour. Vespers. Small Compline and Akathist.

19:00 Supper

Monday 4.5.

06:00 Midnight and Morning Service. First Hour.

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 Practical work.

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Practical work.

15:00 Break

15:30 Practical work.

18:00 Ninth Hour. Vespers. Small Compline and pravilo.

19:30 Supper

Tuesday 5.5.

06:00 Midnight and Morning Service. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.

07:30 Breakfast

09:00 Practical work.

11:50 Room checkout

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Practical work.

15:00 Final evaluation and course conclusion.

Teacher

Kanninen Raija Kanninen

+358 50 324 7212

raija.kanninen (at) valamo.fi