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An important aspect of Byzantine artistic activity was the painting of devotional panels, since the cult of icons played a leading part in both religious and secular life. Icon painting usually employed the encaustic technique. Little scope was afforded individuality; the effectiveness of the religious image as a vehicle of divine presence was held to depend on its fidelity to an established prototype. A large group of devotional images has been preserved in the monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai.
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Byzantine religion was a strong factor in this culture, with the first imposing church structures being built during this era. Byzantine icons from this era are still in existence and are much prized today.
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Once arriving in America in 1969 Mr. Katsaros continued his studies in Byzantine iconography while studying and working in New York with Father John Spilio for two years. Both of his teachers were direct students of the great Byzantine Iconographer Fotis Kontoglou.
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