Christ, "Ruler of All" (Pantocrator)

Christ, "Ruler of All" (Pantocrator)This 16th century Russian icon of Christ the Pantocrator comes from an era of great vitality in Russian iconographic history the same period that produced the great iconostases of Moscow and Novgorod and saw the full flowering of the classical Russian iconographic language. The All Ruler depicted here carries the authority and theological weight of that mature tradition. A rare and beautiful Orthodox mounted icon of the Pantocrator.

and the image of the Oranta Theotokos continues to inspire confidence in her ceaseless intercession before God

rebuked Ivan the Terrible to his face

Drawn from the workshop of St

while distinct in style from Byzantine and Russian schools

An Orthodox mounted icon of the Holy Apostle John

Brendan the Navigator

Patron saint of students in Russia — her feast falls on January 25

A high-quality Damascene Gallery mounted icon after Rublev is a genuine treasure for the devout Orthodox home

Michael — whose name means 'Who is like God

One of the most searching religious works of the 19th century

The Byzantine tradition is especially fitting for St

The first saints glorified by the Russian Church