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Monday, January 17, 2022

Byzantine-Style Iconographer Tells Story Behind Martin Luther King Jr. Icon

An iconographer paid tribute to iconic civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. by creating a Byzantine-style icon that portrays him as a martyred saint. This icon is the work of Robert Lentz, who had been living in a cloistered monastery at the time of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. The […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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