Hieromonk Michael Gheaţău

 

Hieromonk Mihail Gheațău graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Decorative Arts and Design of the University „George Enescu” of Iași, section painting. He graduated from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology of Iași, section Pastoral Theology, with the thesis on the subject of the New Testament. He is active in the „Saint Luke the Evangelist” painting workshop of the Monastery of the Three Holy Hierarchs of Iași, participating in icon exhibitions in the country and abroad (England 2001, France 2003). In 2011, he participates with a photo exhibition at the Romanian Cultural Institute of Prague. He completes several book covers and illustrations. He published the works: Theophany – short biblical and artistic incursion into the history of the „Baptism of Christ” icon (2010), and „The eye of god” – a visual history of symbols (2014), at the publishing house Doxologia. He is active by means of studies and articles in magazines and journals of the Church.