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St Nicholas of Mozhaisk

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 at the Nikolsky gate of Mozhaisk, guarding the city from enemies. The voluminous image of the saint became especially popular in the northern regions of Russia.

It is also widespread in icon painting. Nikola, who defended the city from the Tatars in 1302, remained in the people’s memory as a national hero. The distinctive attributes of the sword and the image of the city of Mozhaisk – give the figure the properties of the heraldic symbol.

The perceptible statuariness of the image reminds of its original source – a monumental wooden polychrome sculpture. On the icons, Nikola Mozhaisky is often depicted in a kioto-shaped frame.

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