The Liturgical Arts Academy offers intensive learning academies for Byzantine chant and iconography: one week in February and one week in August. Applications are required for those wishing to participate. Admission is contingent upon approval.
The Foods in Faith Retreat is offered only in February and is limited to 10 spots.
2027 Dates at The Diakonia Retreat Center Winter Academy: February 7 - 13, 2027 Chant for beginner 102, intermediate and advanced students Iconography for beginner and intermediate students Foods in Faith baking and spiritual retreat program *now accepting applications for all programs
Summer Academy: August 15 - 21, 2027 Chant for intermediate, advanced, and master class students Iconography for beginner and intermediate students *application process opens in Mid-March 2027
TLAA is a member of the Orthodox Christian Academy of Atlanta, with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta. Mission Statement The Liturgical Arts Academy teaches the traditional skills and knowledge of Byzantine chant, iconography and other liturgical arts amidst a new culture, and a new language. Each generation must acquire the skills and knowledge of the Orthodox tradition and carry it forward as their own living and vital expression of our faith in God. The Academy strives to revitalize the liturgical arts in order to restore the proper power and transformative nature of worship of the Holy for the salvation of all.