Valentin Streltsov

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Who is Valentin Streltsov?

Valentin Streltsov - one of the leading contemporary iconographers, working in the classical Byzantine style. He graduated from the State Art School and Trush’s State College of Decorative and Applied Arts in Lviv, Ukraine. Also studied privately monumental painting with prominent Ukrainian painters: S. Shatalin, Z. Bobrik, A. Kotenko. In the present time resides in Canada, where for many years studied Byzantine Iconography and worked together with Rev. Theodore Koufos. Since 1989 Valentin decorated numerous Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches in North America with Byzantine style murals, Iconostases, traditional Icons, stained glass windows and mosaics. Also painted official portrait for Cardinal Lubachivsky and His Coat of arms.

Awards and recognitions:

⁕While working with Emil Telizin designed award winning mosaics for the St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Regina, Saskatchewan.

⁕2007 - Was awarded Pontifical medal by Pope Benedict XVI after the decoration of the Papal Chapel of Apostolic Nunciate in Ottawa.

Presently Valentin continue to work on Iconographic murals and teaching Icon painting workshops.

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on July 23, 2013

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