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

Our Lady of Vladimir

The great guardian of the Russian statehood, the ancient miraculous icon of Our Lady of Vladimir in countless copies and repetitions was known in all parts of the country. It

The beheading of John the Baptist

Used in the Russian iconography of the later period, the version of the Beatitude of the Forerunner’s section with additional scenes of the prayer of the Forerunner in the dungeon,