Philip Zimmerman is a noted iconographer, born September 17, 1953 in Stoystown, Somerset Co., PA. While a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Phil studied iconography with Richard Osacky (now Bp. JOB, OCA Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest). Phil taught public school art at Rockwood Area School District in Somerset Co. for 14 years. In 1988 he opened a studio of iconography at Antiochian Village near Ligonier, PA to produce icons and murals for churches and private commissions and began teaching classes in icon painting. He relocated to a private studio at New Florence, PA in May 1999.