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Our Lady of Yakhren

This image dates from a miracle-working icon of the Mother of God kept at the St Cosmas Monastery of the Dormition near Vladimir. According to legend, the icon miraculously appeared to a monk called ...

Monastic Refectory

Russian monks sat down to eat as a single body, symbolising the unity of the monastic fraternity. The prototype of these joint meals was the Last Supper, when Jesus Christ ate with His disciples. Mon...

Monastic Cell

The life of the Russian monastery did not consist solely of such joint actions as attending church services, religious ceremonies, engaging in physical labour or eating together in the monastic refec...

St Simeon Stylites

The Greek Church celebrates the memory of two stylites who had the same name. St Simeon the Elder was worshipped for establishing the stylite movement in the fifth century. Born in Cappadocia, Simeon...

St Eustratius

St Eustratius was martyred in Armenia in the early fourth century. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates his memory on 13/26 December. St Eustratius was killed alongside four other holy warriors – S...

St Artemius

St Artemius was martyred in the fourth century. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates his day on 20 October. St Artemius was a Roman general and the ruler of Egypt. A witness of the miraculous appea...

St Florus and St Laurus (The Miracle of the Archangel Michael)

St Florus and St Laurus were twin brothers who were martyred in the Balkans in the second century. In their final prayers before being put to death, they allegedly promised to multiply and protect th...

St Nicholas of Myra

St Nicholas of Myra was a bishop and a miracle-worker. At the Council of Nicaea in 325, he publicly slapped the Alexandrian presbyter Arius in the face. Nicholas was subsequently demoted from the ran...

Virgin Gorgoepikoos

This rare iconographic type reproduces the original Greek icon of the Virgin Gorgoepikoos (“she who is quick to hear”), which was kept at the Monastery of Docheiariou on Mount Athos in the eleventh a...

Virgin of the Incarnation

The Virgin of the Incarnation is a rare image not often encountered in Old Russian art. Instead of raising her hands in prayer, Mary lets her arms drop beneath her head-veil ( maforia ). Christ’s han...

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