"Pride of the Pacific", acrylic on canvas, 22 x 28 inch, Bishop Maxim, 2022

"If the sails had a soul, if the little houses had life inside them and laughed at us, if the children of the sea were constantly chattering, then all these would write a painting like the one here by painter Maxim. God knows how he experiences them in the depths of his being and calls them to "write" with strokes the glory of the Creator." — Stamatis Skliris