Irina Yazykova

Dr. Irina Yazykova is an art historian, a specialist in the theology of the image and contemporary Christian art, and director of St. Andrew's Biblical and Theological Institute in Moscow. Previously she lectured at the Archpriest Alexander Men's Open Orthodox University, Kolomna Theological Seminary, and the Russian Orthodox University of St. John the Theologian.

Irina Yazykova is deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Pages: Theology, Culture, Education, managing editor of the almanac of contemporary Christian culture Dary (Gifts), and a member of the Patriarchal Expert Council on Liturgical Art, Architecture, and Restoration. She is the author of several monographs, including The Theology of the Icon (Moscow, 1995), Behold, I Make All Things New (Moscow-Milan, 2002), Co-Creation of the Image (Moscow, 2012), as well as more than a hundred articles on ancient and modern iconography, art history, and culture.

For 15 years, she hosted a weekly radio program King David's Harp, dedicated to Christian arts on the "Sofia" radio station.