Rejoice: The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

By Maria Athanasiou

In Rejoice, Maria Athanasiou 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.

"Thank you for writing such a beautiful book about the story of Christmas. My children enjoy hearing it over and over. They truly have learned the story of Christ's birth."

-Leoni DiAndrea

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 27, 2009
• ISBN: 9781477167328

Maria Athanasiou

Maria Athanasiou, choir singer, artist, and author, was born in Greece and graduated from Veloudakis Fashion Institute in Athens. She lived in New York and worked as a dressmaker. She was blessed with the idea to make children’s books with her icon paintings and phrases from the Holy Bible, which tells the story of Jesus. Maria is now devoted to create keepsake Christian picture books. She was blessed with three wonderful children and their beautiful spouses and ten adorable grandchildren. She is a member of Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Blue Point, New York. Maria says, “I am so happy to contribute my God-given talents to help others learn. The books I write are ‘show and tell,’ an easy way to teach and help a child learn. This is what I was looking for my grandchildren, and now I wish to offer it to other children as well for His glory.” www.artplusinspiration.com www.mariabooks.com

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The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ

Illustrated in watercolors for Children and Adults, with references from the Holy Scriptures from the Orthodox Study Bible.

Written and Illustrated by

Maria Athanasiou

Copyright © 2009 by Maria Athanasiou

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009907462

ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4415-5810-7

Hardcover 978-1-4415-7497-8

E-Book 978-1-4771-6732-8

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 06/04/2015

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DEDICATION

To my family:

Elizabeth, Dean, Nicholas, Marisa, Anastasia, Gregory, Peter, Denise,

Kristina, Evan, Petey, Zoe, Andrew, Kathryn, Alexandra, and Andrew.

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