February 10, 2020 The Icon of the Mother of God Assuage My Sorrows This image got its name after the lines from the following sticheron dedicated to the Mother of God, “Assuage the sickness of my greatly…
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…
February 5, 2020 Icon of the Mother of God Ktitorissa Background Prince Arcadius, son of Emperor Theodosius the Great, fell from a ship into the sea during a heavy storm near the Vatopedi Monastery…
January 29, 2020 What Is a Measure Icon and What Is It for? Search engines fetch a wide array of links to icon painting workshops specializing in measure icons, as well as links to articles popularizing these…
January 28, 2020 Icon of The Baptism of The Lord: Details Unknown to Many The four canonical Gospels report that Jesus Christ was baptized in the waters of the Jordan by John the Baptist. On the basis of…
January 23, 2020 Mikhail Nesterov Mikhail Nesterov was not a monumentalist by the nature of his talent, but rather a lyricist. For almost twenty years of his creative biography,…
January 16, 2020 Frescoes of the Holy Transfiguration Church Few people know that there is only one historical site on the territory of modern Belarus where 12th-century frescoes have been preserved: the Transfiguration…
January 13, 2020 Icon of the Mother of God of the Gate of Dawn This wonderworking icon is truly unique. Both Catholics and Orthodox kneel before it. The great Christian holy site where the icon of the Mother…
January 12, 2020 Victor Vasnetsov Victor Vasnetsov’s artistic career is impressive: he painted pictures, illustrated books, decorated churches, created architectural sketches (for example, he drew a sketch of the…
January 7, 2020 Mother of God Of the Three Joys During the time of Peter I (beginning of the 18th century), one painter was sent to study in Italy. Upon returning to Russia, he…
January 1, 2020 Dionisius the Wise My exposure to Russian icon painting began with the works and the name of Dionisius. A friend of mine has an amazing book-album titled…
December 25, 2019 Andrei Rublev There is an opinion – I do not remember who expressed it – that people in the 15th century had such a thirst and…
