Original and Reproduction Iconographic Works on Exhibit

“Icons Unite Us,” an exhibit featuring the works of iconographers from Ukraine, Canada and the United States, will open Saturday afternoon, November 3, 2012 at 4 pm. at St. Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina Ave. in Toronto.

Highlighting the opening of the exhibit will be a lecture by Bishop Borys Gudziak, the newest hierarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, representing Ukrainians in France, Switzerland and the Benelux countries, who also serves as the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, the only Catholic institution of higher learning on the territory of the former Soviet Union.

More than 50 icons will be on sale at the week-long event, which will feature such well-known iconographers as Marianna Savaryn, Pavlo Lopata, Ostap Lozynskyj, Halyna Tytla, Andrij Maday, Ihor Rudensky, and Halyna Novakivsky. Reproductions of authentic Ukrainian icons, created by the St. Antony Workshop in Lviv, also will be available. Prices range from $60 to $600, and all profits will benefit the development of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv and St. Vladimir Institute in Toronto.

Bishop Borys’ opening lecture will be followed by a wine and cheese reception, during which guests will be able to view and purchase icons, as well as, mingle and talk to the representatives of the Ukrainian Catholic University and St. Vladimir Institute.

Admission to the opening and lecture is $10. The exhibit, a joint project sponsored by St. Vladimir Institute and the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, will be open to the public November 3-11, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 pm., and on Saturday and Sunday from 2 pm. to 6 pm. Admission is free. Donations are welcome.

For more information, please call UCEF at 416-239-2495 or St. Vladimir Institute at 416-923-3318.