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Greek cross. Serbian cross. The Russian Orthodox Cross (or just the Orthodox Cross by some Russian Orthodox traditions) [1] is a variation of the Christian cross since the 16th century in Russia, although it bears some similarity to a cross with a bottom crossbeam slanted the other way (upwards) found since the 6th century in the Byzantine Empire.
Russian icons. Russian icons represent a form of religious art that developed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity after Kievan Rus' adopted the faith from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in AD 988. [1] Initially following Byzantine artistic standards, these icons were integral to religious practices and cultural traditions in Russia.
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized:Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Московский патриархат, romanized:Moskovskiy patriarkhat), [ 12 ] is an autocephalous Eastern ...
142 cm × 114 cm (56 in × 45 in) Location. Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra, Sergiyev Posad. The Trinity (Russian: Троица, romanized: Troitsa, also called The Hospitality of Abraham) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the early 15th century. [1] It is his most famous work [2] and the most famous of all Russian ...
Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother of God of Kazan (Russian: Казанская Богоматерь, romanized: Kazanskaya Bogomater'), is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and a palladium of all of Russia and Rus', known as the Holy Protectress of Russia.
The three-barred cross of the Russian Orthodox Church During the reign of Tsar Fyodor I , his brother-in-law Boris Godunov , who was effectively running the government, contacted the Ecumenical Patriarch , who "was much embarrassed for want of funds", [ 4 ] with a view to elevating the status of the Moscow Metroplis to a patriarchate .
Holy Trinity Icon. The Holy Trinity is an important subject of icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and has a rather different treatment from depictions in the Western Churches. There are two different types of Holy Trinity icons: the Old Testament Trinity and the New Testament Trinity (Троица Ветхозаветная and ...
Blessed Be the Host of the Heavenly Tsar ( Russian: Благословенно воинство Небесного Царя ), also known as the Ecclesia militans ("The Church Militant"), is a grand Russian Orthodox icon commemorating the conquest of Kazan by Ivan IV of Russia (1552). Measuring almost four meters in width, Ecclesia militans is ...