The icon is unique in the icon of the Jerusalem temple with its open gates and a raised veil, with trees on the facade symbolizing paradise. Rare for its time

The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor is represented in a lengthy version, with the ascending of the mountain and the descending Christ and the apostles. A unique detail

The icon was created at the end of the 19th century, when works of ancient Russian painting were already known in their original form, free from distorting later layers, and

Iosif Semenovich Chirikov belonged to the Mstera elite. His works and works of his studio differed virtuosity of execution. Recently discovered and received in the Armory Chamber, the folding of

The miraculous image of Our Lady of Kazan was revealed in 1579. Brought into the Church of St. Nicholas of Tula, she became famous for many miracles, which are described

Hallmarks: Christ’s preaching in the temple, Healing of the paralytic, Christ’s conversation with the Samaritan woman by the well, Healing the blind. The icon is part of the cycle of

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,

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,

Novgorod. Occurs from the St. Nicholas Church in Ozerovo village, Leningrad Region. St. Nicholas Bishop of Myra is one of the most revered saints in Russia. His numerous hagiographic images

In the center, in the background of the temple, on the pulpit stands the patriarch Makarii with a cross crossed over his head, on the sides of it – deacons.

The theme of the patronage and help of the Mother of God to all the suffering people was most fully embodied in this iconographic type. By the end of the

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

The lower field of the original board is much wider than the top, from which it can be concluded that the icon had a handle and was a two-sided precessional

In the midship – Our Lady the Burning Bush, in the iconographic variant that developed in Russia in the 16th century. Around 16 hallmarks in which the Our Lady of

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