Background
Lentz was born in rural Colorado to a family of Russian descent and of a Russian Orthodox background.
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Robert Lentz
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He is particularly known for incorporating contemporary social themes into his icon work. Afterward, he was inspired by his family"s Eastern Christian heritage and became interested in icon painting. He took up formal study in 1977 as an apprentice painter to a master of Greek icon painting from the school of Photios Kontoglou at Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline, Massachusetts.
During his time in the Secular Franciscan community in New Mexico, Lentz developed a close relationship to the local friars, and again felt the call to join the order.
After relocating he taught at Saint Bonaventure University. He is currently stationed at Holy Name College in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Lentz is gay. In New Mexico, Lentz taught William Hart McNichols, another gay Christian iconographer.
