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Cyril of Belozersk, St., with scenes from his life

Iconography:  Cyril of Belozersk, St.

Date: XVI century. The beginning of the 16th century.

Iconographic school/art center:  Moscow school Dionisius and his workshop.

Icon-painter: Dionisius

Origin: From the Veneration tier of the iconostasis of St. Cyril Belozersky monastery Dormition Cathedral.

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 150,5 cm, width 116,7 cm

Cyril of Belozersk, St., with scenes from his life The beginning of the 16th c. Cyril of Belozersk The Moscow school From the Veneration tier of the iconostasis of St. Cyril Belozersky monastery Dormition Cathedral. The icon with twenty scenes. The centerpiece represents full-length depiction of the saint. His right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing and his left hand is holding a scroll. The border represents the scenes from the life of the saint. 


Scenes: 

1.Tonsure of St.Cyril at the Simonov monastery;

2. St.Cyril’s conversation with the saint Sergius of Radonezh;

3. Ordination of St.Cyril;

4. St. Cyril quits the Simonov archimandrite’s monastery;

5. Apparition of the Mother of God to St.Cyril, St. Cyril hears the voice and sees the light pointing to the site of the monastery-to-be on Beloozero, St.Cyril and St.Therapontus leave the Simonov monastery, St. Cyril puts up a cross on the shore of the Siverskoe lake, building a hut of a hermit with the help of Auxentius and Matthew;

6. Miracle of Andrew wishing to set fire to the hut of St. Cyril, advent of church workers;

7. St.Cyril rescues the monastery from fire;

8. Arrival of the envoys of prince Belevsky to St. Cyril;

9. Apparition of St.Cyril in a dream to the prince and princess Belevsky with the news of the birth of the heir;

10. Miracle by St. Cyril of increasing the quantity of service wine;

11. Miracle by St. Cyril of increasing the quantity of monastery bread at the time of the famine;

12. Fishmen rescued from drowning at the lake;

13. Miracle of the monk Dalmat resurrected from the dead by St.Cyril’s Communion prayer;

14. Apparition of St.Cyril and the Mother of God in a dream to the boyar Roman Alexandrovitch;

15. Curing both the princess Kargolomskaya and a woman seeing the book in St.Cyril’s hands of blindness;

16. Prophecy made by St.Cyril to Christopher about his imminent death and the forecoming plague in the monastery;

17. Farewell of St.Cyril with brethren and blessing his successor Innocent;

18. Entombment of St.Cyril;

19. Apparition of St. Cyril and the priest Florus to the servant Auxentius;

20. An old man performs miracle healing at the tomb of St.Cyril before the arrival of the prince Mikhail Andreevitch Vereisky at the monastery. 

  • General view
  • Tonsure of St.Cyril at the Simonov monastery
  • St.Cyril’s conversation with the saint Sergius of Radonezh
  • Ordination of St.Cyril
  • St. Cyril quits the Simonov archimandrite’s monastery
  • Apparition of the Mother of God to St.Cyril, St. Cyril hears the voice and sees the light pointing to the site of the monastery-to-be on Beloozero, St.Cyril and St.Therapontus leave the Simonov monastery, St. Cyril puts up a cross on the shore of the Siverskoe lake, building a hut of a hermit with the help of Auxentius and Matthew
  • Apparition of the Mother of God to St.Cyril, St. Cyril hears the voice and sees the light pointing to the site of the monastery-to-be on Beloozero, St.Cyril and St.Therapontus leave the Simonov monastery, St. Cyril puts up a cross on the shore of the Siverskoe lake, building a hut of a hermit with the help of Auxentius and Matthew
  • Miracle of Andrew wishing to set fire to the hut of St. Cyril, advent of church workers
  • St.Cyril rescues the monastery from fire
  • Arrival of the envoys of prince Belevsky to St. Cyril
  • Apparition of St.Cyril in a dream to the prince and princess Belevsky with the news of the birth of the heir
  • Miracle by St. Cyril of increasing the quantity of service wine
  • Miracle by St. Cyril of increasing the quantity of monastery bread at the time of the famine
  • Centerpiece
  • Fishmen rescued from drowning at the lake
  • Miracle of the monk Dalmat resurrected from the dead by St.Cyril’s Communion prayer
  • Apparition of St.Cyril and the Mother of God in a dream to the boyar Roman Alexandrovitch
  • Curing both the princess Kargolomskaya and a woman seeing the book in St.Cyril’s hands of blindness
  • Prophecy made by St.Cyril to Christopher about his imminent death and the forecoming plague in the monastery
  • Farewell of St.Cyril with brethren and blessing his successor Innocent
  • Entombment of St.Cyril
  • Apparition of St. Cyril and the priest Florus to the servant Auxentius. An old man performs miracle healing at the tomb of St.Cyril before the arrival of the prince Mikhail Andreevitch Vereisky at the monastery.