# Holy Icon — Stamatis Skliris

> The complete online gallery of Father Stamatis Skliris (b. 1946, Piraeus, Greece) — Orthodox iconographer, painter, theologian and physician, one of the most significant contemporary Byzantine iconographers. 5,514 works: icons, frescoes, paintings, drawings, videos and writings on Byzantine iconography and theology.

Father Stamatis Skliris studied Medicine and Theology at the University of Athens and continued his studies in Belgrade, where he was a close disciple of St. Justin Popović. He was ordained a priest in 1979. His icons and frescoes adorn churches across Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Herzegovina and the United States. His painting is known for reviving the Byzantine tradition through pure color, expressive light and a joyful, resurrectional treatment of the human face.

The site is a single-page application; individual works are addressed with hash URLs (https://holyicon.org/#section/collection/item). All artwork data is served as JSON from https://holyicon.org/data/.

## Main sections

- [Iconography](https://holyicon.org/#iconography) — portable icons, 1,185 works total
  - Archetype (Christological icons): 131
  - Panagia (icons of the Theotokos): 114
  - Communio Sanctorum (saints, martyrs, holy fathers): 373
  - Four Holy Evangelists: 57
  - New Saints of the New World: 2
  - Feasts of Transfigurations: 76
  - Questioning Gaze: 48
  - Angels of Victory (windows series): 30
  - Pure Colors Tropos: 10
  - Unfinished Works: 7
  - The Painting Process (documentation photographs): 337

- [Wall Paintings](https://holyicon.org/#wall-paintings) — fresco cycles in 19 churches and chapels, 1,224 works total
  - Saint Maximus the Confessor, Kostolac, Serbia: 174
  - Saint Nektarios, Voula, Greece: 309
  - Saint Panteleimon, Glyfada, Greece: 75
  - Saint George the Great-Martyr, Stemnitsa, Greece: 155
  - Holy Prophet Elijah, Kastella-Piraeus, Greece: 147
  - Evangelistria, Halandri, Greece: 39
  - Saint Nicholas, Legrena, Greece: 42
  - Saint Paraskevi, Požarevac, Serbia: 34
  - Saint George, Zminica, Montenegro: 15
  - Saint Stylianos Small Chapel, Cholargos, Athens: 23
  - Saints Nektarios and Savvas the Sanctified, Kea Island, Greece: 9
  - Holy New Martyrs of Prebilovci, Herzegovina: 65
  - Dečani (Dečani brotherhood chapel): 20
  - Ćelije Monastery, Serbia: 21
  - All Saints Cemetery Church, Tvrdoš Monastery, Herzegovina: 11
  - Holy Archangel Church, Saratoga, California: 3
  - The Chapel of the Three Serb Saints, Eleonas, Thebes: 10
  - Panagia Eleousa Church, Legrena, Greece: 9
  - Agia Eleousa Church, Kefalonia, Greece: 63

- [Paintings](https://holyicon.org/#paintings) — non-liturgical painting, 1,095 works total
  - Expressionism: 361
  - Dr Kiriazis Collection (portraits): 161
  - Nature: 144
  - Space-Time: 128
  - Pastel and Crayon: 61
  - Ship of Salvation: 52
  - Bookcovers: 47
  - Linocut: 39
  - Digital Paintings: 29
  - Byzantine Art & Postmodern Times: 25
  - Athletes of Truth: 17
  - For of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven: 15
  - Hygeia Hospital Paintings: 7
  - Abstract Landscapes: 6
  - Encaustic: 3

- [Drawings](https://holyicon.org/#drawings) — 1,179 works total
  - People (portrait drawings): 555
  - Saints: 195
  - Sketchbook: 125
  - Nature: 119
  - Church: 54
  - Animals: 69
  - Psaltirion: 23
  - Lullaby: 18
  - Theater Masks: 14
  - Invisible War: 7

- [About the artist](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/biography): 1 biography page
- [Articles](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/articles): 45 essays and writings on iconography, art and theology
- [Author's Diary](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/diary): 33 diary entries by Fr. Stamatis
- [Video](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/video): 52 documentaries and lectures
- [Maxim](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/maxim): 668 works by Bishop Maxim Vasiljević, student and collaborator of Fr. Stamatis
- [Maxim — Digital Paintings](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/maxim-digital): 20 digital paintings by Bishop Maxim, created with Adobe Illustrator
- [Students](https://holyicon.org/#stamatis-skliris/students): 12 works by students of Fr. Stamatis Skliris in iconography

## Key facts

- Artist: Stamatis Skliris (Σταμάτης Σκλήρης), also "Father Stamatis Skliris"
- Born: 1946, Piraeus, Greece; ordained 1979
- Fields: Byzantine iconography, fresco painting, contemporary painting, theology of the icon
- Total works across the site: 5,514 (sum of all section/subcategory counts above)
- Site publisher: Holy Icon Foundation (established 2012)
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stamatis.skliris
- Books in English: https://sebastianpress.org/authors/stamatis-skliris/