Manesis Vasileios, Iconographer

Finishing my military service in 1991 I attended private schools and painting workshops. Then I was taught by the painter and hagiographer Iraklis Tsagas. Later we worked together for years in various temples.  For the last 10 years I have been working alone and my works are in the historic monastery of Hosios Loukas, churches and monasteries in  Athens,Viotia, Chalkida and the Greek church in Oslo, Norway.

I am a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece and I have taken part in hagiography exhibitions. In 2017, the inter-parliamentary Orthodox assembly in an icon painting competition on “THE RENEWAL OF JESUS” chose me and some other hagiographers to create the new icon.

I follow the Byzantine style faithfully and make the portable icons with the traditional method (wood preparation, egg-white, gold). I also know the technique of polished and wrought gold. After 25 years of experience in the field, I continue to learn the secrets of the art of hagiography.

Website:  http://www.agiografos-manesisb.gr