The Mother of God, "Vladimir"

The Mother of God, "Vladimir"The Mother of God of Vladimir is depicted in this mounted icon in the Old Believer iconographic tradition. The Old Believer tradition's deep fidelity to pre Nikonian canonical forms gives this rendering of the most beloved Russian icon a particular historical gravity, honoring the Vladimir icon as it was venerated before the reforms of the 17th century. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

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John the Forerunner and Baptist

The Old Believer school preserved many iconographic types that might otherwise have been lost

Author of the foundational spiritual work 'The Life in Christ

Shishkin was Russia's greatest landscape painter

or individual with devotion to the great Archangel

Boris Kustodiev's exuberant 1916 painting "Maslenitsa" — depicting the Shrovetide carnival week before the Great Lent — captures the rich folk traditions of Russian Orthodox life: the troikas racing over snow

and who heard the still small voice of God on Horeb — this is the figure at the heart of this icon

is depicted in this icon in the Lavra iconographic tradition

touring parishes and bringing consolation and healing to the faithful in diaspora

His intercessions are sought by countless faithful throughout the world

Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist — the former tax collector who left his counting table at a word from the Lord and became one of the Twelve — is depicted in this pre-20th-century Russian icon with the authority of one who encountered Christ directly and bore witness to Him in writing for all generations