January 14, 2021 A Smile that Warms Hearts. Bethlehem Icon of the Mother of God The icons of the Most Holy Theotokos have always been revered by the Orthodox Christians with particular ardency. There are many different images of…
December 22, 2020 Yury Kuznetsov’s Icon-Painting School — a Unique Style in Modern Iconography Most schools of contemporary Orthodox iconography follow similar techniques and strictly defined canons while maintaining their own set of distinct approaches. The painting style…
December 10, 2020 The Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign”. Why the Name? Dmitry Trofimov, head of the Tsargrad creative workshops answers. The image of the Blessed Virgin with Her hands raised in prayer and the Divine…
December 6, 2020 Why Is St Alexander Nevsky Depicted Wearing an Ermine Mantle? Dmitry Trofimov, head of the Tsargrad creative workshops answers. Indeed, it is unlikely that the holy and right-believing Prince Alexander Nevsky wore a mantle…
November 27, 2020 How Did Icon Painting Workshops (Artels) Work in Russia? The 17th century was a time when churches were actively built and revived in the Russian state, resulting in growing number of craft societies,…
November 19, 2020 Irina Yamashita. The First Japanese Icon Painter The Resurrection Cathedral is rising in the center of today’s Tokyo, ringing its bells to spread the good news that Orthodoxy lives here. The…
November 12, 2020 The Symbolism and Splendour of Gold in Church Art (Part 2) Part 1 How did gold come to be used in church art? Why does it adorn the images of the saints? Is gold still…
November 11, 2020 The Symbolism and Splendour of Gold in Church Art (Part 1) How did gold come to be used in church art? Why does it adorn the images of the saints? Is it true that it…
November 2, 2020 Jakobstadt Icon of the Mother of God Feast Days: November 4; July 21 History of the Icon Jakobstadt Icon of the Mother of God has been the only miraculous shrine in…
October 29, 2020 “Before and After Giving Birth a Virgin”. Icon of the Mother of God Commemorated on 17 (30) October The icon was brought to the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky monastery by the famous Moscow merchant Alexei Grigorievich Mokeev, when he decided…
October 27, 2020 First Christian Icons And Encaustic Icon-Painting The earliest religious icons that have survived to this day date from no earlier than the 6th century. These icons were often referred to…
October 16, 2020 Trubchevskaya Icon of the Mother of God Feast Day: 16 October History of the Icon This miraculous image is from the Narovchat Troitse-Scanov Monastery of the Penza diocese. The monastery was…
