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<\/a>Below are some pictures of the consecration of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Kronstadt, Russia. A window to heaven has opened and the harmony of the unseen and uncreated are made visible to man. The Church is nothing short of astonishing. <\/p>\nThe only other place I have seen such depth of beauty outside of nature is in the iconography of the new chapel in Ossios Lukas monastery in Greece. There the icons possess an ethereal but ordered brilliance that reflects the harmony that must have existed at the beginning of creation and points to its final restoration; a non-material and dynamic logic that infuses all created things and establishes their material limits and governs their workings. I see the same revelation here.<\/p>\n
Harmony is revealed through art. If art touches that non-material logic, the pulse that runs through all things like the steady note that rings off the tuning fork, the divine is discerned and the soul is elevated and nourished. If art rebels against harmony and order, the soul is darkened, knowledge is lost, and hope dies. <\/p>\n
First, the photographs, then the Google translation (choppy but still understandable) from the Russian text. More photos are available at \u041f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0435 \u0438 \u043c\u0438\u0440<\/a>.<\/p>\n