Holy Transfiguration, Cretan

Holy Transfiguration, CretanFrom the Cretan school of Byzantine iconography the great Athonite tradition this pre 20th century icon of the Holy Transfiguration renders the feast of August 6 with the theological precision and formal mastery for which that tradition is celebrated. The Cretan Athonite approach to the Transfiguration brings a particular theological depth to the depiction of the uncreated light, rooting the image in the hesychast theology of St. Gregory Palamas. A

this Russian icon of the Archangel Gabriel is a study in sacred stillness

The icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir is depicted in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition

is depicted in this 20th-century icon by Bishop Daniel in the Old Believer iconographic tradition

One of the defining works of Russian historical painting

This Orthodox mounted icon of St Nektarios

St Philaret of Moscow

this icon of the Holy Napkin renders the sacred image of the Lord's face with the gravity and devotional focus that this most ancient of iconographic subjects demands

and spiritual father — is depicted with the reverence and care befitting one of Orthodoxy's most widely venerated modern saints

and his Moscow views are among the most treasured images of old Russia

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for soldiers

This great feast commemorates both the finding of the True Cross by St Helen and its restoration from Persian captivity