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The icon of the Virgin “O Mother All-Glorified” belongs to the iconographic type known as The Virgin Eleusa (old-believer icon). The icon was replicated all over Russia. The icon borders represent six full-length images of the saints painted in gold. The Holy Virgin’s look expresses sorrow and prayer for the Son and all the people. -
Reverend Sergius of Radonezh is depicted full-length. -
Exaltation of the Cross. Sts. Chariton the Confessor, Varlaam of Khutun and Sergius of Radonezh
A double-sized tablet icon. The front side The Exaltation of the Cross of Our Lord. The reverse side: SS Chariton the Confessor, Varlaam of Khutun and Sergius of Radonezh. -
The icon with scenes. The centerpiece depicts the saint full-length, his left hand is holding a scroll and his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. -
Holy monk St. Sergius of Radonezh with scenes from his life and the Legend of Mamai’s Battle
In the top left corner of the central composition w can see St. Sergi appearing before Grand Duchess Sofia Paleologus$ to the right – a vision of the angel helping St. Sergi with divine service and St. Sergi’s vision of fire, while conducting liturgy; below - St.Sergi's miraculous appearance during the Lithuanian siege of the town Opochka. In the upper right corner – St. Sergi miracoluosly appears at the site of the founding of the town Sviyazhsk and the addition of new lands of the Volga Cheremis; below – appearance of St. George as he sprinkles the walls of Kazan with holy water. In the bottom left corner – the Poles besiege the Troitse-Sergiev Monastery as the city is besided by Polish troops. On the attached board in the upper left corner the Grand Duke Dmitri Ivanovich is praying before an image of the Savior, talking to Metropolitan Kiprian and sending notes to his allies. Below are depicted the towns and cities who helped Dmitri: Belosersk, Yaroslavl, Kurba, Rostov, Vladimir, Novgorod; near the the left edge there are cities with red towers – Riazan and Lithuania, who were Mamai’s allies. Over the picture of Taroslavl we can see Dmitri Ivanovich and Vladimir Andreevich asking Holy Monk St. Sergi for warrior-monks – Peresvet and Osliabia. In the center of the panel is represented Moscow with the Assumption Cathedral, where Grand Duke Dmitri and Vladimir. Warriors ride out of the gate of Moscow, guided by the metropolitan, above, inside a house – a group of women. To the right there certain episode thet took place before the battle and Battle of the Kulikovo Field itself with Peresvet and Osliabia, as well as with the heavenly host; below the picture of the battle. On the bottom border of the addition there are scenes of the burial of the perished warriors, of the reception of Grand Duke Dmitrii in Kolomna and Moscow and Mamai’s flight and his murder in Kafa. -
The saint is depicted waist-length. In his left hand he holds the opened Gospel Book and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. In the saint’s halo are figures of Jesus Christ with the Gospel Book and the Mother of God with the omophorion. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are St.Sergius, St.Sabbas, St.Catherine and St.Maria. -
The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. Full-length depiction of reverend Sergius of Radonezh. -
Sergius of Radonezh, the Venerable, with scenes from his life
The centerpiece shows full-length depiction of the blessing Sergius of Radonezh with the unfolded scroll in his left hand. The centerpiece is framed by the intricate floriated ornament with the rosettes at the corners. The ornament is painted with the colored varnishes on the silver raised flat border of the icon panel. Border scenes painting is typical for Northern Russia of the 17th century, each scene filled with staffage and hills. The characters in every scene seem to be squeezed into a limited space.
