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On the basis of the creative heritage of the nun Joanna (Reitlinger), the article discusses the problem of artistic creativity in the Church: questions of the artistic basis of the iconography, the influence of personal faith and the experience of communion with God on the arts, a link to the artist-icon painter with the revelation about God and man. In connection with the rebirth of the mission and of the worship of the dialogue with the society, restoration of destroyed churches and the construction of new issue of church art turns out to be significant for the church and society.
Keywords: icon painting canon, free painting, creative icon, icon-painter, monkhood, Archpriest Sergius Bulgakov, Maurice Denis.