May 7, 2020 Why Are Icons with the Same Name Not Alike? Iconography follows duplication of the icon – creating an image based on an existing one. We know that in ancient times, duplications were often…
May 6, 2020 Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God The Church tradition ascribes the Feodorovskaya icon of the Mother of God from Kostroma to the Evangelist Luke. The history of its discovery is…
April 30, 2020 Manuel Panselinos Not much is known about Manuel Panselinos. There are ongoing disputes about whether he was a real person or just a collective image. Nevertheless,…
April 26, 2020 Connection Between the Icon and the Liturgy A museum is not the right place for the icon. The icon loses much of its meaning outside the church and liturgical space, because…
April 23, 2020 Iconography of the Descent of Jesus Christ into Hell The usual iconography of the Resurrection is actually a scene of the Descent of Jesus Christ into hell, which, according to tradition, took place…
April 18, 2020 Weep Not For Me, O Mother Icon The topic of Passion in Orthodox iconography is not as diverse as in Western European art. However, since the late 15th century Russian iconostasis…
April 17, 2020 Good Friday in Iconography The events of Good Friday develop with lightning speed. The central theme of Good Friday, the theme of death, is being experienced through this…
April 12, 2020 The Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem. Iconography The Tradition of the Church, both through divine texts and the multitude of icons depicting the feast, which encapsulate almost all of its contents…
April 9, 2020 The Plant World in Iconography We have already published an article explaining that the icon is anthropocentric (Why an Icon Is Not a Portrait of a Saint), but at…
April 6, 2020 An Old Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign Has Started to Exude Myrrh in the Diocese of Tula An 18th-century icon of the Mother of God of the Sign has started to exude myrrh in a ruined Church of St. Michael the Archangel…
March 26, 2020 This Shrine Descended Right from the Sky The time of the appearance of Godenovo Cross One of the most revered Orthodox shrines is the miraculous Godenovo Cross. Since nothing happens without…
March 26, 2020 The Podkubenskaya Mother of God It was the first time I’d seen such a big icon, almost as tall as a person. It has survived since the 13th century,…
