To the right is the patriarch Modest, standing in a hilly landscape, whose gaze is facing the Trinity of New Testament, sitting in the sky.
Below left – 9 hallmarks of Modest’s life:
1. Condemnation of the father of St. Modesta ruler Maximian for the confession of Christianity.
2. Death of the parents of Modest in the dungeon.
3. Crying of Modest over the coffin of parents.
4. The appearance of the fiery pillar at the baptism of Modest.
5. Modest heals the brother of a silver-smith from a mortal illness.
6. The sons of the silver-tongued sold Modest to slavery to the Egyptian. Modest heals his master.
7. Modest prays for livestock health.
8. Modest in the name of God conjures the demon, who appeared in a cobweb image.
9. Modest pardons and gives children a silver-smith.
The icon is interesting in the iconography of the monument of provincial iconography of the first half of the 18th century. It represents artistic, historical, cultural and museum value.
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