Beautify Your Church Furniture
Elevate your church furniture and accents from simple wooden artifacts to a spectacle of infinite beauty.Ā
EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION
As the exclusive distributor for ARTIS in the U.S. & Canada,Ā Athonite isĀ proud to offer gilding & restoration services for places of holy worship.
The work of ARTIS hasĀ been acknowledged and can be found all over Greece, Mount Athos, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople,Ā St. Petersburg, andĀ Jerusalem, just to name a few.
One of A Kind
Rich Materials
Our gilding technique utilizes some of the most diverse and exquisite materials found on this Earth. Bole paste from Armenia, alabaster from Bologna and countless other materials are employed to create these gold masterpieces.
Selected Gilded Work
Gilded wood-carved iconstand
Holy Monastery of Xenophon, Mount Athos
One of the two icon stands that were burnished water-gilded.Ā
Casket of St. Irene
Church of St. Irene in Chryssovalantou, Thessaloniki
The burnished water-gilded, wood-carved Casket of St. Irene is featured here.
Ciborium
Church of St. Nicholas in Mount Athos
Burnished Ciborium located in the Sacred Cell of St. Nicholas Bourazeris in Mount Athos.
Selected Gilded Work
Featured above, are items made for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The Holy Theological School of Chalki in Constantinople (Istanbul), the Holy Church of Panagia Koumariotissa in Istanbul, and the Church of St. Spyridonas in Corfu, Greece, respectively.
Conservation & Restoration
Pulling from the disciplines of theology, art history, sociology, fine arts, physics, chemistry, material engineering & environmental science, we provide conservation and restoration servicesĀ of the highest quality.
Before & After
Conservation and restoration of the Sacred Cell of St. John the Baptist's Beheading in Nea Skiti, Mount Athos.
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