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In Russian churches, the nave is typically separated from the sanctuary by an iconostasis (Russian ikonostas, иконостас), or icon-screen, a wall of icons with double doors in the centre. Russians sometimes speak of an icon as having been "written", because in the Russian language (like Greek, but unlike English) the same word ( pisat ...
State Russian Museum: Eleusa: Dormition Cathedral, Moscow: State Tretyakov Gallery: Saint Nicholas c. 1200 Novodevichy Convent: State Tretyakov Gallery: Icons of Vladimir-Suzdal: Theotokos of Bogolyubovo 1155 Bogolyubovo: Convent of Princesses, Vladimir: Our Lady of Saint Theodore // Saint Paraskevi (double-sided) Gorodets-on-the-Volga ...
The act of conversion itself took place on March 17 of the Julian calendar, the feast of St. Vyacheslav, at his altar in the transept of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, in the presence of a Russian Catholic priest, Father Vladimir Abrikosov. Vyacheslav Ivanov recited the creed along with Solovyov's formula. [56]
Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia's most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow's main cathedral despite the keepers' vociferous protests. The Trinity icon ...
Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection is a painting by Russian artist Alexander Ivanov (1806-1858), completed in 1835. The painting is housed in the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg (inventory number Zh-5263).
President Vladimir Putin, whose picture was shown between two giant images of an ancient Orthodox icon on Tuesday, warned the West ahead of elections in March 2024 that any foreign meddling in ...
Ecclesia militans, one of the largest icons in existence. Blessed Be the Host of the Heavenly Tsar (Russian: Благословенно воинство Небесного Царя), also known as the Ecclesia militans ("The Church Militant"), is a grand Russian Orthodox icon commemorating the conquest of Kazan by Ivan IV of Russia (1552).
Our Lady Derzhavnaya ("The Sovereign", "The Reigning Icon") is a Russian icon believed to date from the 18th century. According to Irina Yazykova, the Reigning Icon, "remains one of the most revered both inside Russia and in Russian emigre circles. Copies of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God can now be found all over the world." [1]