✠ Ancient Design
Design language

Five complete visual systems.
One for every parish.

Symphonia ships with five fully-realized design directions — not five colour swaps. Each one is a typography stack, a palette, a layout grammar, and a posture toward the visitor. Pick the one that fits how your parish actually feels.

01 · Parchment & ember

Vigil

Editorial gravity. The parish as a publication.

Vigil treats the parish website like a daily journal. Hairline ember rules, italic Newsreader pull-quotes, three-tier surface depth, no rounded corners, no drop shadows. The depth comes from typography, vertical rhythm, and a single decorative cross-mark anchoring the hero. For parishes that already think of themselves as a continuing tradition.

Typography
Newsreader (display) · Inter (UI)
Palette
Best for
Established parishes · Historic buildings · Editorial-minded clergy
Example
St. Demetrios Antiochian Cathedral
stdemetr.parish.ancientdesign.org
St. Demetrios Antiochian Cathedral
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A Parish of Quiet Strength

Worship in the Antiochian tradition since 1923. All are welcome at the altar of the Lord.

Sunday Divine Liturgy
Today · 10:00 am
02 · Beeswax warmth

Aurora

A gradient hello. Light through a stained-glass window.

Aurora is warmth made tangible — soft beeswax gradients, low-contrast raised panels with shadow elevation, and a single signature gradient-fill "Welcome" heading in the hero. No rules, no boxes. Depth comes from layered light. For parishes who lead with hospitality.

Typography
Cormorant Garamond (display) · Inter (UI)
Palette
Best for
Growing parishes · Convert-heavy communities · Welcoming traditions
Example
St. Mary the Theotokos · Atlanta
stmaryth.parish.ancientdesign.org
St. Mary the Theotokos · Atlanta

Welcome Home

An Orthodox community in the heart of the city.

Sunday Divine Liturgy
Today · 10:00 am
03 · Modern translucence

Glass

Quiet contemporary. The parish as a calm interface.

Glass borrows from the best of modern OS design — frosted-glass cards, layered light, a restrained cobalt accent, and Manrope throughout for both display and UI. It does not feel sacred in the way Vigil does; it feels like a tool that respects you. For parishes whose parishioners ship software.

Typography
Manrope (everything)
Palette
Best for
Urban parishes · Tech-adjacent communities · Younger demographics
Example
Holy Resurrection · Seattle
holyresu.parish.ancientdesign.org
Holy Resurrection · Seattle

St. Demetrios

Find your place at the table.

Sunday Divine Liturgy
Today · 10:00 am
04 · Workmanlike clarity

Material

Google-honest. The parish as a clear answer.

Material is Symphonia speaking the visual language a billion phones already understand. Clean blue, generous touch targets, no ornamentation, no italic flourishes. The least churchy of the five — and exactly right for parishes whose first job is to be findable and clear.

Typography
Roboto (everything)
Palette
Best for
Multi-language parishes · Outreach-focused communities · Mission churches
Example
St. John the Forerunner · Chicago
stjohnth.parish.ancientdesign.org
St. John the Forerunner · Chicago

Greek Orthodox Church

Liturgy · Community · Faith

Sunday Divine Liturgy
Today · 10:00 am
05 · Sacred architecture

Threshold

Dark stone. Gold leaf. A doorway into something older.

Threshold is the most ambitious of the five. Architectural dark, gold-leaf accents, Cormorant in serif italic display, geometric ornamentation as accent. The parish as the threshold of the eternal. Reserved for the parishes that wear that responsibility well.

Typography
Cormorant Garamond (display) · Inter (UI)
Palette
Best for
Cathedrals · Monastic communities · Liturgically-rich parishes
Example
Holy Trinity Cathedral · Boston
holytrin.parish.ancientdesign.org
Holy Trinity Cathedral · Boston
⌂ Established 1923

Sacred Architecture
for Daily Life

A parish you can return to. Whatever the hour.

Sunday Divine Liturgy
Today · 10:00 am

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