Philip Zimmerman

For the cryptographer and creator of Pretty Good Privacy, see Philip Zimmermann.

Philip Zimmerman is an American icon painter.

An Orthodox Christian convert from Calvinism, he has created hundreds of religious icons for churches and private collectors throughout the world. Through his workshops and seminars he has worked with more than 1,200 students in six countries.

Zimmerman studied under Rev. Richard Osacky, who was later consecrated bishop and known as Archbishop Job of Chicago and the Midwest, Orthodox Church in America.

A former art teacher in the public schools of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, he is based in New Florence, Pennsylvania at his studio, St. John of Damascus School of Sacred Art.

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