September 16, 2016 An Iconographic Analysis of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Unburnt Bush” The traditions and teaching of the Christian Church often appear to change and evolve over time. It does not mean that the teaching…
September 6, 2016 The Story and Iconography of the Petrovskaya Icon of the Mother of God The story of the icon The name of the Petrovskaya icon of the Mother of God derives from her creator and icon painter…
August 22, 2016 An Interview with an Icon Painter: The Icon is an Outlook into the Heavenly Kingdom Father Sergius Nezhbort, head of the icon-painting workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent: “The icon is born through prayer of many people”. How did…
August 4, 2016 Famous Icon Painters: Simon Ushakov In the history of Old Russian iconography Simon Ushakov is associated with the last period of art of the Moscow Russia. Both his creativity…
July 21, 2016 Quick Facts: The Appearance and Miracles of the Kazan Icon The Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God in the City of Kazan: On 1 October 1552, on the feast…
July 7, 2016 Iconographic Analysis: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist John the Forerunner is the last prophet of the Old Testament, who revealed Jesus Christ to his chosen people. His other name “the Baptist”…
July 6, 2016 Events behind Today’s Commemoration of Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir The celebration of the feast day of the icon “The Mother of God of Vladimir” takes place in gratitude for saving Moscow from Khan…
July 5, 2016 Famous Icon Painters: Dionysius Perhaps the last of the Medieval Old Masters of Russian art, Dionysius (also known as Dionisius the Wise, Dionisii or Dionisy) grew up in…
July 1, 2016 Family Icons What is “A Family icon”? A Family icon is an icon that depicts several patron saints of the family members. Who…
June 29, 2016 Wedding at Cana “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called,…
June 24, 2016 What Do Children Think about the Icon of the Holy Trinity? “Those of us who make the first steps on their way to God should take an example from the little ones” Saint John Climacus….
June 23, 2016 Famous Icon Painters: Theophanes the Greek A wonderful article about a great icon painter: Theophanes the Greek was a Byzantine Greek artist and famous icon painter of Muscovite Russia….
