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The Adoration of the Magi
Read more...The Adoration of the Magi is described in the Book of Matthew. Three kings were led from the east to Bethlehem by a star that stopped over the stable where Jesus was born. The Magi worshipped the Sav...
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The Nativity of Christ
Read more...The Russian iconography of the Nativity of Christ was inherited from the Byzantine Empire before the Mongol invasion and was based on descriptions of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels (Matthew 1:18–2...
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