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The Enthroned Virgin

The first images of the Enthroned Virgin were painted in Egypt in the early period of Coptic art. One of the most famous examples is a sixth-century fresco at the Monastery of St Apollo in Bawit. The...

Christ the Almighty

Christ the Almighty ( Pantocrator ) is the main iconographic type of Jesus Christ and is often encountered in Greek and Old Russian art. Icons of Christ the Almighty first appeared in the Dormition C...

St Michael the Archangel

St Michael the Archangel played a pivotal role in the national consciousness of the Russian people. The angel accompanied the human soul as it left the physical body and passed on its journey to the ...

Our Lady of the Dove

The Law of Moses stated that the dove was a “clean” bird to be used in sacrificial offerings. On the fortieth day after the birth of Jesus, Mary went to the temple to offer the traditional sacrifice ...

Our Lady of Kazan

The original icon of Our Lady of Kazan was discovered by a girl called Matryona among ashes in Kazan in 1579, after the city was taken by the forces of Ivan the Terrible. The work later became one of...

Virgin Hodegetria of Tikhvin

The iconography of the Virgin Hodegetria of Tikhvin comes from the Byzantine art of the late fourteenth century. The original icon allegedly disappeared from Constantinople, miraculously reappearing ...

Virgin Hodegetria

The Virgin Hodegetria (Greek: “she who points the way”) is named after the famous Byzantine icon from the Hodegon Monastery in Constantinople. The original image depicted the Mother of God turned tow...

St Boris and St Gleb

St Boris and St Gleb were the youngest of the twelve sons of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev. Boris ruled Rostov and Gleb ruled Murom. After Prince Vladimir’s death in 1015, their elder brother, Svyato...

St Paraskeva

Four martyrs with the name of Paraskeva were worshipped in the Byzantine-Slavonic world – the Roman St Paraskeva (2nd century, 26 July/8 August); St Paraskeva from Sicily (3rd century, 28 October/10 ...

Virgin Hodegetria of Smolensk

The Virgin Hodegetria of Smolensk is one of the most popular images in Old Russian painting. The original icon was allegedly brought to Russia by Princess Anna Monomachus of Byzantium, the bride of P...

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