Prof. Nazari Polataiko is a protodeacon, a graduate of Kosiv Art School, and a master iconographer. He and his wife established the Ss. Alipij and Andrew Rublew Icon Studio in Canada in 1996. He taught THO 6392 Iconography and the Spiritual Tradition of Hesychasm: The History of Eastern Christian Institutions, Movements, Persons (Winter 2010).