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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many Russian icons have been repatriated via direct purchase by Russian museums, private Russian collectors, or as was the case of Pope John Paul II giving an 18th-century copy of the famous Our Lady of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church, returned to Russia in good faith. [7]
Russian icon of the Old Testament Trinity by Andrei Rublev, between 1408 and 1425. The Holy Trinity is an important subject of icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and has a rather different treatment from depictions in the Western Churches.
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 Trinity (Russian: Троица, romanized: Troitsa, also called The Hospitality of Abraham) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the early 15th century. [1] It is his most famous work [2] and the most famous of all Russian icons, [3] and it is regarded as one of the highest achievements of Russian art.
"A Discourse in Iconography" by John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Orthodox Life Vol. 30, No. 1 (January–February 1980), pp. 42–45 (via Archangel Books). "The Iconic and Symbolic in Orthodox Iconography", at Orthodox Info "Icon & Worship – Icons of Karakallou Monastery, Mt. Athos" Archived 2014-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
In Russian Orthodox tradition, Holy Wisdom (Russian: Святая София Премудрость Божия, romanized: Svatya Sofiya Premudrost' Bozhya, lit. 'Holy Sophia, Divine Wisdom') is a conventional topos of iconography, attested since at least the late 14th century.
The Trinity by Rublev. Andrei Rublev (Russian: Андрей Рублёв, romanized: Andrey Rublyov, [1] IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf] ⓘ; c. 1360 – c. 1430) [2] [3] was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes.
Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother of God of Kazan (Russian: Казанская Богоматерь, romanized: Kazanskaya Bogomater'), is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and a palladium of all of Russia and Rus', known as the Holy Protectress of Russia.