Ascension of Christ

Icon of the festive row of the iconostasis. A rare detail of iconography is the open sky, which accepts the mandorla with the ascending Christ. Christ blesses with two fingers,

John the Theologian in Silence

The evangelist is depicted sitting, with the gospel revealed. The fingers of the right hand are brought to the closed mouth. Behind John, an angel with an eight-pointed “Sofia” nimbus,

Archangel Michael, from the Deesis Tier

The portrayal of the archangel Michael was part of the Deesis tier, probably with the central image of the Savior Emmanuel. A product of highly professional icon painting of the

Icon of Our Lady of Kursk

The icon is one of the lists with the miraculous image of the “Our Lady of the Sign of the Kursk-Root”. According to the legend, this icon, repeating the iconography

Annunciation

Icon of the festive row of the iconostasis. The original detail of the iconography – Velum is not thrown between the buildings, as usual, but hangs from the turret top

The Trinity of New Testament

At the table with a white table top and an ornamented sidewall, there are three angel-bearing blessers with a yardstick in their hands. On the table are three bowls, the

John Chrysostom, with a Life

The figure of the saint is densely inscribed in the middel. Above her is the Trinity of New Testament, able. A plow with a rounding horizon is a detail popular

Savior on the Throne

The icon characterizes one of the directions of the Vologda iconography of the 16th century. It is distinguished by the original drawing of the figure of Christ, unusually thin, with

Saints John Climacus, George, Vlasy

Novgorod. Icon refers to the number of early Novgorod red icons. In its center one of the pillars of monasticism is represented – the Monk John of the Ladder –

Resurrection by Descent into Hell

A rare iconographic feature of the monument is the elevated left hand of Christ, in which he holds a scroll. Only the prophets in the face of Christ are represented

Saints Guriy, Samon and Aviv

The guards of the home, the defenders of powerless wives from the willfulness of their husbands, prayers-saviors of the peasants from pernicious drunkenness-such are the Byzantine saints Guriy, Samon and