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Sat Jan 28, 2017, 03:51 PM Jan 2017

Egyptian artist Ayman Fayez finds his mission in icons



Egyptian artist Ayman Fayez at the Sheen Center in New York Dec. 30, 2016 (James Martone)

James Martone | Jan. 28, 2017

NEW YORK - Ayman Fayez's mission recently led him 6,000 miles from his home in Egypt to a gallery in Manhattan's East Village.

Though not a missionary in the traditional sense, the Coptic Catholic iconographer was there "transmitting God's messages ... through art," and serving as an important reminder of Egypt's diverse cultural and religious heritage.

"Not everyone knows there are Christians in Egypt, or they think that the Christians were originally Muslims and converted," said the 47-year-old artist, who, like all Egyptian Copts, traces his Christianity all the way back to St. Mark the Apostle.

"Then they look at the paintings ... and begin to understand," Fayez told NCR from inside the Sheen Center, an art complex affiliated with the New York archdiocese where his icons and other religious-based art were on display throughout the month of December.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/egyptian-artist-ayman-fayez-finds-his-mission-icons

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Icons, like religious buildings, religious music, and other artistic expressions, are an attempt to convey religious feelings and beliefs.

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