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Russian icons represent a form of religious art that developed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity after Kievan Rus' adopted the faith from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in AD 988. [1] Initially following Byzantine artistic standards, these icons were integral to religious practices and cultural traditions in Russia.
Znа́meniye (Russian: Зна́мение) or Our Lady of the Sign is an icon in the orans style, dated at the first half of the 12th century. The icon was painted in medieval Novgorod. It is one of the most revered icons of the Russian Orthodox Church and the main holy of Russian North-West. [1]
Unlike the other great icons of Russia, the Feodorovskaya was not transferred to a museum, because the image was impossible to discern. The Black Virgin was given to the sect of obnovlentsy, which had it restored in Moscow in 1928. After the sect was dissolved in 1944, the icon reverted to the Russian Orthodox Church.
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.
Russian icons (1 C, 20 P) S. Serbian icons (2 P) U. Ukrainian icons (5 P) Pages in category "Eastern Orthodox icons" The following 32 pages are in this category, out ...
Between 1949 and 2004, the icon remained at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois. In August 1978, the Theotokos of Tikhvin was brought by Archbishop John, who had become the Orthodox Church in America's Archbishop of Chicago and Minneapolis for veneration to St Mary's Russian Orthodox Church in Holdingford, Minnesota. [2]
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.
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.