– The work belongs to the iconographic type of Affection. The icon is quite close to the “Tenderness of Yaroslavl”, but with a number of differences, the most radical of
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The image of the holy seven ranks of Arkhangelsk
According to Dionysius the Areopagite, the archangels belong to the heavenly powers, which are in close proximity to the earthly world and man. The archangel Michael is the head of
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The Holy Martyr Panteleimon
The holy martyr doctor Panteleimon was very revered in Russia. He lived at the turn of the III-IV centuries. in Nicomedia. He received the basics of Christian knowledge from his
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The miracle of St. George about the serpent, with Paraskeva on Friday and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the fields
Favorite by the people plot of Miracle of George about the dragon in the icon is accompanied by images of the most revered Paraskeva Pyatnitsa and Nikola the Miracle-worker. The
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Resurrection of Christ with the Feasts and Passion of Christ
According to the evangelical text and the established iconographic scheme, the folk master narrates about the life, death and the bright Resurrection of Jesus Christ. “Reading” the icon, one can
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Only-begotten son
In the center are depicted: the Lord of hosts in glory, with the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove in the bosom; lower – Emanuel the Savior, who
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Elijah the Prophet in the desert with the Fiery Ascent
In the middle section – the prophet Ilya on Mount Horeb, near the Horavsky spring. To him flies feeding him crows. Above the mountain, Ilya’s Fiery Ascent is depicted. His
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Cover
Above the cloud, dividing the composition in two, in the red oval mandorla – the Mother of God, stretched out with both hands a white cover. Above her in the
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John the Theologian in silence, with a life in 12 hallmarks
Icons of St. John the Divine in the life are a rarity. Even more rare are the iconic icons of this saint, in the centerpiece of which he is depicted
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Saints Flor and Laurus in the guise of warriors
The icon is a monument of ancient Russian painting of the second half of the XV century. Her style reflects both Novgorod and Moscow traditions Iconography of St. Flora and
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St Nicholas of Mozhaisk
This iconographic type, created on Russian soil, was inspired by concrete historical events. Despite the canonical ban to make sculptural images of saints, the carved wooden Nicolas took a place
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Trinity by Icon
The icon accurately reproduces the iconography and decorative decoration of the miraculous image of the work of the Reverend Andrei Rublev. His famous salary is an independent work of the
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