March 18, 2020 The Ascension of Alexander the Great, or A Few Words on the Carvings of the St. Demetrius Cathedral in Vladimir The St. Demetrius Cathedral in Vladimir was built in the late 12th century, during the heyday of the Vladimir Suzdal Principality, which by that time…
March 11, 2020 Why an Icon Is Not a Portrait of a Saint The icon always depicts a person: there is not a single icon that is not anthropological in its content. Even Angels are portrayed as…
March 5, 2020 The Reverse Perspective in Iconography One of the difficulties in understanding the iconographic image, particularly ancient Russian icons, is the special way of depicting space and objects on it….
March 4, 2020 Silence Is the Mystery of the Age to Come Silence helps us to immerse ourselves in the tranquility that can be a place for us to face God and ourselves. Saint Theophan the…
February 27, 2020 Children and the Lent When I was a child, the beginning of the Lent was marked by our going to our village church, where we changed white towels…
February 26, 2020 Sister Joanna (Reitlinger) One of the last icons painted by Sister Joanna (Julia Reitlinger) was The Walking on Waters, and her whole life was, in fact, such…
February 24, 2020 Unusual Icons of Saints That Few Know About The painting of a new icon – be it a copy of a known sample or a new image – is akin to its…
February 20, 2020 Blessed Valentina of Minsk: The Light of Faith in Dark Times It is God’s providence that in difficult times there should always be lamps of faith that warm the cold hearts. Most importantly, they should…
February 19, 2020 Gurias Nikitin Gurias Nikitin had a rare feeling of plasticity for a medieval painter. He knew how to make figures dynamic, lively and, ultimately, temperamental. The…
February 12, 2020 Simon Ushakov No other icon painter got such contradictory opinions about his work as Simon Ushakov. Did he ruin the iconographic tradition, or was he its…
February 6, 2020 Daniil Cherny Icon painter Daniil Cherny is known primarily for the fact that he worked with Andrei Rublev, which actually puts his personality in the shadow…
January 30, 2020 My Journey to the Russian North Throughout many centuries of Russian history, wood has remained the main building material due to its accessibility and renewability. Wood as a building material…
