A longtime member of Aurora’s St. George Byzantine Catholic Church, Camelia Crawford of Yorkville has been painting religious icons for about 14 years. Admitting she is “not an artist” but more of a ...

If you've ever been in an Orthodox church, you've undoubtedly been greeted with walls covered with icons. They may look like simple drawings, but each one has a purpose and a specialized artist, an ...

For Lara Neri, painting icons is a kind of prayer. “It’s probably the most intense prayer that I do,” said Neri, a Byzantine Catholic from Dallas, referring to the dozens of hours she spent in a class ...