“Rejoice!”
Illustrated by: Maria Athanasiou
Written by: Maria Athanasiou & Rev. Father Dimitrios Moraitis
“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
– Luke 2:11
Rejoice for the Messiah is born!
Vibrantly illustrated images and engagingly written prose await you in author Maria Athanasiou’s heartwarming picture book. Through her beautiful artwork, she invites you to Rejoice as you relive the nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The author uses Byzantine iconography to illustrate the story and Scriptures. She combines many of Byzantine iconographic painting techniques through the medium of watercolors to portray the details of the birth of Christ. The book details the events before, during, and after Jesus’ birth, describing the period he was to be born, the significant people around him, his glorified nativity story, and his church.
Rejoice is grounded in the Holy Scriptures, both the text and the iconography are expressions based on the Bible.