![]() ![]() ![]() With a surgeon’s precision, she then runs the paint-soaked bristles along the black lines of her sketch.Īs the sun begins to set, Sister Eliseea takes a break. The paint, she says, rots quickly when wet but lasts a hundred years in an icon. With her mouth, she wets the bristles of a small brush, gently twists them into a sharp point and dips it into white paint made from organic materials that she has poured into a plastic bottle cap. The nun sits at the table, hunched over a small icon of the Virgin and Child she just sketched in black. An assortment of paint jars, brushes and books clutters the surface. A worktable runs along the opposite wall under the window. Two armchairs are situated in front of a coffee table and television set. On this afternoon in August, the sun’s rays shine through a large window, filling the living room and studio. Sister Eliseea lives and works in a simple house in the rural village of Bradetu, nestled in the heavily wooded southern foothills of the Fagaras Mountains (part of the southern Carpathian Mountains) in central Romania, 150 miles northwest of Bucharest. Her dark hair is pulled back in a single, thick braid. The thin 42-year-old woman wears a long black skirt and matching sweatshirt. ![]() “For the liturgy is the intervention of God through man, and in making an icon, one should transmit to people what God wants.” “Writing an icon is liturgy,” says Sister Eliseea Papacioc, a Romanian Orthodox nun and world-renowned iconographer. Tony nominee Josh Gad, who plays Olaf in the hit movie, is no doubt eagerly anticipating Carey's call.Sister Eliseea sets aside an unfinished icon of the Holy Trinity to begin another one. A rumor has appeared on that the superstar is looking to duet with Frozen’s lovable snowman on a remake of her hit “All I Want for Christmas is You," for her upcoming festive album. Looks like Mariah Carey's determined to be the Queen of the Christmas charts. ![]() Supermodel Cara Delevigne, along with Zach Galifianakis, Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger and Christoph Waltz will also appear. Ursula’s, Morrison will play a drunk artist called Mattheus, while Bonas will play Mrs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dench will rescue orphaned children as The Abbess of St. Dame Judi Dench and Glee favorite Matthew Morrison, along with Prince Harry’s ex Cressida Bonas, have joined the cast of the movie Tulip Fever, scripted by Tony winner Tom Stoppard. This is a sentence we never saw ourselves typing. Judi Dench and Matthew Morrison to Star Opposite Prince Harry's Ex in Tom Stoppard Film The Daily Mail reports that a mobile started ringing, causing the Tony and Oscar winner, in character, to yell: “if you don't answer that, I will.” We imagine they will be triple checking all their electronic devices are turned off at the theater from now on. Unfortunately, one audience member at London's Old Vic seemed to have missed the Netflix series, and received a lesson that they will not be forgetting at the opening night of the Tony and Oscar winner's latest play, Clarence Darrow. Kevin Spacey had our unquestioning loyalty the minute his sinister House of Cards character, Frank Underwood, demanded it. Kevin Spacey Gives Audience Member a Lesson on Unquestioning Loyalty Varietyreports that the film follows the stormy marriage of a couple over fifty years, with six vignettes being portrayed by 12 actors. Jeremy Jordan and More Broadway Alums Board Outliving Emilyīroadway vets Jeremy Jordan, Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich and Phylicia Rashad will star in Eric Weber’s Outliving Emily. Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. ![]()
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