Background
Theodore was born Frank Jurewicz in 1949 into a Roman Catholic family in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Theodore Jurewicz
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As a child he attended church assiduously and often visited the Old Believer parish of the Nativity of Christ in Erie.
Career
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French In January 1974, Theodore Jurewicz was ordained priest. French Jurewicz is held to be one of the most renowned icon painters in North America today, and has painted about a dozen Eastern Orthodox churches across North America. One of his more famous works was his commission to paint the entire church at New Gračanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois, a faithful replica of the original Gračanica monastery in Kosovo, which is listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage List as an endangered example of medieval monuments.
Done over the span of three years, it is painted in a Byzantine style and features richly colored designs and religious scenes covering the walls, vaults, pillars and dome of the church.
The frescoes are painted in acrylics on dry plaster. Another notable commission of French
French Theodore has also mastered the art of Coptic Orthodox iconography.
