Christ, Deisis with Selected Saints

Christ, Deisis with Selected SaintsThe Deisis composition Christ enthroned in glory with the Theotokos and St. John the Baptist interceding at His right and left is here expanded to include a company of selected saints and apostles, creating a vision of the heavenly assembly gathered in prayer before the throne of God. This pre 20th century Russian icon renders the great Deisis with the classical Russian iconographic language, its grandeur and theological depth fully preserved. An

The All-Ruler depicted here carries the authority and theological weight of that mature tradition

This mounted icon of the Presentation (Meeting) of the Lord in the Temple honors one of the Twelve Great Feasts — the moment when the Christ Child was presented in the Temple and received with joy by the righteous Simeon the God-Receiver and the prophetess Anna

however little known

Rublev's treatment of the Apostle to the Gentiles captures the paradox of this extraordinary man: consumed with zeal

and Balthasar

This Damascene Gallery mounted icon brings a piece of Russia's golden age of iconography into your home

and fiery preaching of repentance made him the most celebrated priest in the Russian Empire — is depicted here by Archimandrite Cyprian of Holy Trinity Monastery

wings extended over the one entrusted to his care

chief herald of the Kingdom of God and protector of all who call upon him

this icon of Christ the Bridegroom depicts the Lord in the silence of His voluntary suffering: 'He was oppressed

The 'Yaroslavl Christ' is a celebrated iconographic type originating in the great medieval city of Yaroslavl — one of the principal centers of Russian iconographic art in the 15th century

Boniface is invoked by those struggling against dissolute habits — a saint who knew the depths of human weakness and the surpassing grace of repentance