Old Believers’ icons “Image of the Catholic and Apostolic Church”
https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2022-87
Abstract
The article discusses 19th century icons “The Image of the Church” known as picturing “a high iconostasis crowned by the Crucifixion with Passion icon row”. These icons are known in Russia since the last quarter of the 18th century. This special type of icons was in demand by popovtsy (accepting priesthood) Old Believers and according to contemporaries’ witnesses sacraments used to be performed before them. The article shows that, despite the authoritative protograph (the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin iconostasis), in these icons a number of interesting features have been preserved.
About the Author
Elena V. Guvakova
Mikhail Abramov Museum of Russian icon
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Guvakova — head of the Tour Department
Moscow
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For citations:
Guvakova E.V. Old Believers’ icons “Image of the Catholic and Apostolic Church”. Russian Journal of Church History. 2022;3(1S):56-75. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2022-87
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