The Beauty and Significance of Icons

"Father Justin Sinaites, librarian of St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt--at 1,700 years old the world's oldest continuously operating monastery--will offer a lecture, "The Beauty and Significance of Icons," on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Connelly Center, Villanova Room. Father Justin oversees what is considered to be the second most valuable collection of religious manuscripts in the world, with the Vatican's being the first. The event, part of the Villanova Art Gallery exhibit, "Icon: The Way to the Kingdom," is free and open to the public."