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The Virgin Mary - the Most Holy Mother of God Collection

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The veneration of the Theotokos is of the same order as the veneration of all the saints, and shares with it a common foundation; excepting only that among the saints, the Most Holy Virgin Mary naturally occupies the first place and stands higher than them all.

1898 Reliquary with relics of the True Cross, the Shroud & the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1898 Reliquary with relics of the True Cross, the Shroud & the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Small finely cast bronze Neo-Gothic style chapel-shaped reliquary with four glass panes containing three significant relics: of the True Cross, of the Shroud of Turin, and the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The relics are affixed to a velvet-covered pyramid-shaped structure and identified in Latin on manuscript cedulae labels as Vera Crucis (the True Cross), De Sindone D.N.J.C. (of the Shroud of Our Lord Jesus Christ), and Ex Veste B.V. M. (of the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary).  Under the removable dome of the reliquary held in place by two screws, the relics are certified by a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of the coat of arms of Fr. Henri Pelgé (†1911),  Bishop of Poitiers, France (1894 - 1911). There is a letter of provenance written in French is affixed to the bottom part of the reliquary reads as follows (translated): “Most holy relics of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, sealed by Monsignor Pelgé, Bishop of Poitiers for the parish of Notre-Dame. Sealed in Poitiers on June 7, 1898.”

  • ID# 37-RSMIS-17
  • Size 3 1/3 inches (8.5 cm) tall
  • Age ca. 1898
  • Origin Poitiers, France
  • Materials bronze, glass, velvet, paper, silk, Spanish wax
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 37-RSMIS-17
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Fine 17c. Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign in gilt silver revetment cover

Fine 17c. Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign in gilt silver revetment cover

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracleworking icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in praying position and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

The icon has a depiction of four female Martyr saints on borders: St. Martyr Catherine, St. Martyr Barbara, St. Venerable Martyr Anysia, and St. Martyr Paraskevi (Friday).

The icon dates to the 17th century, while the silver revetment cover is dating to 1900-1908, the maker's mark MC for Maria Sokolova in Moscow. 

  • ID# 04-01-01-065-SP1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age icon - 17th century, revetment cover - ca. 1900-1908
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood in gilt silver revetment cover
  • Price Price upon request
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 04-01-01-065-SP1
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17-century Fine Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

17-century Fine Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Finely executed image of Our Lady of Smolensk. Christ's himation is decorated with intense chrysigraphy. The background is stripped to gesso. 

Our Lady of Smolensk is the name of an ancient miracle-working icon and one of the most highly venerated icons in Russia. According to tradition, after the fall of Constantinople, the original icon painted by St. Luke surfaced in Russia, where it was placed in the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk and therefore referred to as Our Lady of Smolensk. The original icon, dated by art historians to the 11th century, is now believed to have been destroyed by fire during the German occupation of Smolensk in 1941, but a great number of copies were made throughout the century, some of considerable historical and artistic value of their own.

  • ID# 421-RSDI-25
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 17th century
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on wood panel with kovcheg
  • Price $7,50020% off$6,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 421-RSDI-25
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Russian Icon - Coronation of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God

Russian Icon - Coronation of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God

The icon is depicting the Virgin Mary in Heaven being crowned by Christ and God the Father with a dove above them comprisit the New Testament Trinity. 

  • ID# 262-105-108-SP6-28
  • Size 19 x 20 in (48 x 51 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880's
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $2,50020% off$2,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 262-105-108-SP6-28
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Spectacular bust reliquary with a first-class relic of St. Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary

Spectacular bust reliquary with a first-class relic of St. Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary

A spectacular life-size bust-form reliquary dating to the 18th century made of gilt, silvered, and painted wood housing a large historically important first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary. The relic is affixed inside of an round glass-fronted opening and identified on paper cedula label in as S. Annae, Matris BVM (Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary). On the back of the reliquary, the opening to access the relic cavity is protected by a hinged wooden door with a lock, missing it original key. The relic is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Bishop Francesco Vivani (†1767), Bishop of Camerino and Fabriano, Italy (1746-1767). Suitable for public veneration.

  • ID# 53-RSMBR-24
  • Size 24 high x 19 inches wide (61 x 48 cm)
  • Age ca. 1750's
  • Origin Camerino or Fabriano, Italy
  • Materials Gilt and silvered wood, glass
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 53-RSMBR-24
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Frame Reliquary with relics of St Paschal Baylon, the Virgin Mary & 23 Important Saints

Frame Reliquary with relics of St Paschal Baylon, the Virgin Mary & 23 Important Saints

Profusely decorated 19th-century glass-fronted gilt wood frame reliquary housing relics of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary and 23 Important Saints centered around the portrait and relic of St. Paschal Baylon. On the back, the reliquary is secured by a vertical silk cord held in place by two seals of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Archbishop Fr. Tommaso Michele Salzano (†1890), Titular Bishop of Tanis & Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (1854-1890)

  • ID# 26-RSCRM-5
  • Size 34 x 30 cm (13 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in )
  • Age ca. 1850s
  • Origin Italy, Naples
  • Materials Wood, glass, paper, silk, silver, Spanish wax
  • Price Price upon request
ID# 26-RSCRM-5
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1768 Large Sicilian reliquary theca with a relics of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph & 19 saints & Martyrs

1768 Large Sicilian reliquary theca with a relics of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph & 19 saints & Martyrs

Large fancy glass-fronted heart-shaped silver theca with a 1768 hallmark housing relics of 19 saints centered around Ex Velo (of the Veil) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Ex Pallio (of the Coat) relic Her husband St. Joseph. 

  • ID# 584-RSGSR
  • Size 11 x 10 cm (4 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches)
  • Age ca. 1768
  • Origin Sicily, Italy
  • Materials silver, glass, silk, Spanish wax
  • Price $5,750
  • Silver
ID# 584-RSGSR
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1868 Documented reliquary theca with relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Paschal Baylon, St. Clement, the Bl. James of Bitecto, St. Benignus of Dijon, St. Valerius & St. Valentine

1868 Documented reliquary theca with relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Paschal Baylon, St. Clement, the Bl. James of Bitecto, St. Benignus of Dijon, St. Valerius & St. Valentine

Large oval glass-fronted brass reliquary theca housing ex Velo (of the Veil) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary and relics of 7 Saints and Martyrs: Saint Paschal Baylon, Saint Clement of Rome, Pope & Martyr, the Blessed James (Jacob) of Bitecto, Saint Benignus of Dijon, Martyr, Saint Constantius, Martyr, Saint Valerius, Martyr, and Saint Valentine of Rome, Martyr. The relics are affixed to a ground elaborately decorated with paper ornamentation, architectural details, and figures of angels kneeling to a crucifix, centered around a beautiful hand-painted on porcelain portrait of the Virgin Mary with Child, and identified in Latin on manuscript cedulae labels.  On the back, under the protective cap, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Archbishop Fr. Tommaso Michele Salzano (†1890), Titular Bishop of Tanis & Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (1854-1893). The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued by Bishop Salzano in 1868.

  • ID# 269-RSCR-6
  • Size 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (14.5 x 12.5 cm)
  • Age ca. 1868
  • Origin Naples, Italy
  • Materials Brass, glass, silk, porcelain, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price Price upon request
ID# 269-RSCR-6
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ca. 1831 Fine Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign in silver revetment cover

ca. 1831 Fine Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign in silver revetment cover

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracleworking icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in a praying position and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

The icon dates to the 18th century, while the silver revetment cover is dating to 1831, the maker's mark of an unidentified Moscow silversmith with initials "C•Ж". 

  • ID# 586-015-145-SP2
  • Size 12 1/2 x 11 inches (38 x 32 cm)
  • Age ca. 1831
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in silver revetment cover
  • Price $5,75020% off$4,600
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 586-015-145-SP2
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1861 fine Russian Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in silver revetment cover

1861 fine Russian Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in silver revetment cover

The Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox Church (corresponding to the Western feast of the Assumption) that commemorates the "falling asleep" or death of the Mother of God, and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into Heaven. The Theotokos is depicted lying on a bier, surrounded by the twelve Apostles. At the center, Jesus Christ is shown in a golden mandorla, swaddling the soul of the Virgin Mary. To either side of him are depicted the Hieromartyrs Dionysius the Areopagite and Ignatius the God-Bearer, who, according to sacred tradition, are responsible for transmitting the account of the dormition. The buildings in the background represent Mary's house and the Temple of Jerusalem. On the lower center, the assault of the High Priest is depicted in which the Jewish priest's hands were cut off by the Archangel Michael after he unsuccessfully tried to overturn Mary's brier.

With St. Phillip the Apostle and St. venerable Anastasiya border saints. The icon is covered by a fine oklad revetment cover of thick silver with hallmarks ИВ and Moscow town marks dated 1861. 

 

 

  • ID# 332-002-107-SP2
  • Size 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (36 x 30 cm)
  • Age ca. 1861
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood in silver revetment cover
  • Price $5,50020% off$4,400
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 332-002-107-SP2
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18c Reliquary with 7 relics of the Passion, the Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelist, St. John the Baptist, & the Holy Family

18c Reliquary with 7 relics of the Passion, the Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelist, St. John the Baptist, & the Holy Family

Large crystal-fronted silver theca dating to the 18th century and housing relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Evangelist, and the Holy Family, centered around a Passion Relic of the Purple Robe of  Christ. The relics are affixed to a silk background decorated by the gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified on a manuscript cedulae labels:

  • De Veste Purp. D.N.J.C. – Of the Purple Robe of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  • De Velo B.M.V. – of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • S. Anne M.M.V – St. Anne, Mother of the [Blessed] Virgin Mary
  • S. Gio: Evang – St. John the Evangelist
  • De Pallio S. Joseph SP. B.M.V. – of the Coat of St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • S. Gio: Batta – St. John the Baptist
  • S. Joach. P. B.M.V. – St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On the back, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with a faint imprint of a Roman Catholic Bishop. The reliquary comes with an antique cloth pouch with an embroidered image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

  • ID# 22-RSINR-5
  • Size 65 x 55 mm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in)
  • Age ca. 18th century
  • Origin Rome, Italy
  • Materials Crystal, silver, silk, Spanish silk
  • Price Price upon request
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 22-RSINR-5
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1803 Vatican documented reliquary theca with relics of the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1803 Vatican documented reliquary theca with relics of the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Oval silver crystal-fronted reliquary housing the first-class ex Veste (of the vestment) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The relic is affixed to the background of red silk ground surrounded by silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on a bi-color manuscript cedula label as B. M. V.  (the Blessed Virgin Mary). On the back, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of Cardinal Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia (†1830), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva and Vicar General of the Vatican under Pope Pius VII. The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued by Monsignor della Somaglia in 1803.

  • ID# 67-RSMBR-4
  • Size 34 x 32 mm
  • Age ca. 1803
  • Origin Vatican
  • Materials silver, silk, crystal, Spanish wax
  • Price $4,250
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 67-RSMBR-4
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Fancy silver reliquary theca with relics of the House of Loreto & 3 Catholic Saints: St Teresa of Ávila, St Francis of Assisi, & St Charles Borromeo.

Fancy silver reliquary theca with relics of the House of Loreto & 3 Catholic Saints: St Teresa of Ávila, St Francis of Assisi, & St Charles Borromeo.

Large fancy oval glass-fronted silver reliquary theca decorated with intricate filigree flowers housing relics of the House of Loreto and three Catholic Saints: Saint Teresa of Ávila, Saint Francis of Assisi, and Saint Charles Borromeo. The relics and affixed to a red silk ground decorated by silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on typeset cedulae labels. On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with a clear intact imprint of a coat of arms of Cardinal Pietro Respighi (†1913), Vicar General of Rome (1900-1913), and a hand-written date 1907. The reliquary comes in the original silk-lined case of issue. 

  • ID# 07-RSINR-8
  • Size 100 x 80 mm (4 x 3 inches)
  • Age ca. 1907
  • Origin Vatican
  • Materials Silver, glass, silk
  • Price $3,750
  • Silver
ID# 07-RSINR-8
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1865 Documented reliquary theca with relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary & 7 Saints: St. Anthony the Great, St. John Joseph of the Cross, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Philomena, St. Rosalia, St. Aloysius Gonzaga & St. Peter, Apost

1865 Documented reliquary theca with relics of the Blessed Virgin Mary & 7 Saints: St. Anthony the Great, St. John Joseph of the Cross, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Philomena, St. Rosalia, St. Aloysius Gonzaga & St. Peter, Apost

Oval glass-fronted brass reliquary theca housing ex Velo (of the Veil) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary and relics of 7 Saints and Martyrs: Saint Anthony the Great, Saint John Joseph of the Cross, Saint Theresa of Avila (Jesus), Saint Philomena, Saint Rosalia, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, and Saint Peter, Apostle. The relics are affixed to a ground elaborately decorated with paper and silver wire ornamentation centered around a beautiful hand-painted on porcelain portrait of Female Martyr Saint, and identified in Latin on manuscript cedulae labels.  On the back, under the protective cap, the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Archbishop Fr. Tommaso Michele Salzano (†1890), Titular Bishop of Tanis & Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (1854-1890). The relic is accompanied by the original matching authentics document issued by Bishop Salzano in 1865.

  • ID# 52-RSSR-75
  • Size 6.5 x 5.5 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches)
  • Age ca. 1865
  • Origin Naples, Italy
  • Materials Brass, glass, silk, porcelain, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price $3,750
ID# 52-RSSR-75
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Crystal theca with relic of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Crystal theca with relic of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Fancy 18th-century double-crystal reliquary theca housing Ex Velo (of the Veil) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The relic is housed between two sheets of faceted rock crystal decorated with silver wire and identified on a paper cedula as Ex Velo / B. Marie V. (from the Veil / the Blessed Virgin Mary). It is secured by a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax with an impression of a coat of arms of Monsignor Colonna, Italian Cardinal and Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne.

  • ID# 42-DDCR-55 *
  • Size 45 x 35 mm
  • Age ca. 18th century
  • Materials Rock crystal
  • Price Price upon request
ID# 42-DDCR-55 *
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Theca with relic of the Holy Griddle (Belt) of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Theca with relic of the Holy Griddle (Belt) of the Blessed Virgin Mary

18th-century double-crystal reliquary theca containing relics of the Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  The relics are between two panes of crystal and titled in 18th-century ductus as De Singula / Be[atus] Virginis Mariae (Of the Girdle of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Theca is secured by a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of the coat of arms of Italian Bishop affixed to the silver wire surrounding the crystal theca.

  • ID# 84-RSCR-9
  • Size 42 x 38 mm (without the seal)
  • Age ca. 18th century, Italy
  • Materials silver, crystal
  • Price Price upon request
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 84-RSCR-9
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Our Lady of Smolensk is the name of an ancient miracle-working icon and one of the most highly venerated icons in Russia. According to tradition, after the fall of Constantinople, the original icon painted by St. Luke surfaced in Russia, where it was placed in the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk and therefore referred to as Our Lady of Smolensk. The original icon, dated by art historians to the 11th century, is now believed to have been destroyed by fire during the German occupation of Smolensk in 1941, but a great number of copies were made throughout the century, some of the considerable historical and artistic value of their own.

Finely executed on a golden background. Four selected saints on the borders: the Guardian Angel, St. Boniface, St. Venerable Taisia of Egypt, and St. Eudokia of Heliopolis.

  • ID# 130-HGI-8
  • Size 13 1/2 x 11 3/4 in (34.3 x 29.8 cm)
  • Age circa 1800
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Tempera on wood panel
  • Price $4,00020% off$3,200
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 130-HGI-8
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Large reliquary with relic from the Holy Chemise of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Large reliquary with relic from the Holy Chemise of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Large oval glass-fronted silvered brass reliquary theca housing rarely seen de Subuculi (of the Holy Chemise) relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A significant relic is affixed to the background of red silk ground surrounded by silver wire and gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified in Latin on a fancy manuscript cedula label as De Sub: BMae Vir. M.  (Of the Chemise of the Blessed Virgin Mary). On the back, the theca is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of Fr. Giulio Maria della Somaglia (†1830), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina (mother church of the Dominican order), Papal Vicar General, and Prefect of the Congregation of Sacred Rites.

  • ID# 88-RSMBR-6
  • Size 62 x 50 mm (1 3/4 x 2 1/3 inches)
  • Age ca. first third of the 19th century
  • Origin Rome, Italy
  • Materials brass, glass, silk, silver, paper, Spanish wax
  • Price Price upon request
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 88-RSMBR-6
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Large Russian Icon - Feodorovskaya Mother of God

Large Russian Icon - Feodorovskaya Mother of God

The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore or the Black Virgin Mary of Russia is the patron icon of the Romanov Imperial family and one of the most venerated icons in the Upper Volga region. Her feast days are March 27 and August 29.

  • ID# 169-017-237-SP2
  • Size 17 1/3 x 14 1/2 inches (44 x 37 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Central Russia, Volga region
  • Materials Egg tempera on parcel gilt and gessoed wood
  • Price $2,75020% off$2,200
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 169-017-237-SP2
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Russian Icon - All-Hymned Mother of God with border saints

Russian Icon - All-Hymned Mother of God with border saints

The Icon “O All-Hymned Mother” derives its title from the thirteenth Kontakion (Hymn) of the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos. "O All-Hymned Mother [O Vsepyetaya Mati] bearer of the holiest of holies Word, accept what we offer now, protect us all from every attack, and deliver from the coming torment all those who cry to you." The Mother of God is depicted wearing a crown, and clasping Her child to Her breast with both hands. Christ is held in Her left arm, and rests on Her left shoulder. He is facing Her, and both of His hands are placed below Her neck. Instead of the usual stars on Her head and shoulders, the faces of angels appear in three circles.

The border saints are the Guardian Angel and Saint Anne.

  • ID# 157-023-127-SP1
  • Size 13 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches (35 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Central Russia, Old Believers' workshop
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $2,75020% off$2,200
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 157-023-127-SP1
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan in glass-fronted shadowbox kiot frame

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan in glass-fronted shadowbox kiot frame

The Teotokos in the iconography of Our Lady of Kazan is depicted on the ground of pure gold imitating the precious revetment cover of the original. The icon is held in a large and ornate glass-fronted shadowbox kiot frame that was painstaikenly restored to near-perfect condition. 

  • ID# 98-091-106-SP2
  • Size Icon: 8 x 9 3/4 inches (20.5 x 24.5 cm), Frame: 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches (47.5 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood held in a glass-fronted shadowbox kiot frame
  • Price $2,75020% off$2,200
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 98-091-106-SP2
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Russian icon - Joy to All Who Sorrow Mother of God of Moscow

Russian icon - Joy to All Who Sorrow Mother of God of Moscow

Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow of Moscow is the name of a popular wonderworking Russian Orthodox icon. The icon dates to a miracle that occurred on October 24, 1688, when a woman named Euphemia received healing from sickness after obeying a voice telling her to find this icon and have the priest celebrate a prayer with blessing of water. The design of this icon depicts the Mother of God, depicted full-figured standing with her Son in Heaven and God the Father above her in the clouds. Along both sides of the icon, framing the Mother of God, depicted are many suppliants asking for her intercession. The tenderness and kindness of a loving mother are evident in her face as She stands in paradise and yet among us.

Finely executed with gold highlights. Minor areas of retouching.

  • ID# 120-HGI-1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 in (31.3 x 26.6 cm)
  • Age ca. late 19th century
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Tempera on wood panel.
  • Price $2,50020% off$2,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 120-HGI-1
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Fine Russian icon - Feodorovsky Mother of God

Fine Russian icon - Feodorovsky Mother of God

The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore or the Black Virgin Mary of Russia is the patron icon of the Romanov Imperial family and one of the most venerated icons in the Upper Volga region. Her feast days are March 27 and August 29.

  • ID# 13-002-104-SP1
  • Size 13 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches (35 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 19th century
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered and gessoed wood
  • Price $2,50020% off$2,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 13-002-104-SP1
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan with two border saints

Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan with two border saints

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and considered a palladium of Russia for centuries, until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest-length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4.

  • ID# 64-1009-011-228-SP1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 in (31 x 27 cm)
  • Age ca. 1870s
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and parcel gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $1,27520% off$1,020
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 64-1009-011-228-SP1
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Fine Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver oklad & kiot shadowbox frame

Fine Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver oklad & kiot shadowbox frame

Fine Russian icon depicting Our Lady of Kazan covered by a finely chased gilt silver oklad revetment cover. The cover of the icon is hallmarked with  Moscow town mark dating 1883. The icon is housed in an attractive original glass-fronted wooden kiot shadowbox frame. 

  • ID# 595-031-144-SP2
  • Size in frame: 12 1/2 x 11 inches (32 x 28 cm)
  • Age ca. 1883
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in parcel gilt silver cover in original glass-fronted wooden kiot shadowframe
  • Price $1,27520% off$1,020
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 595-031-144-SP2
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Russian icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Russian icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracle-working icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in a praying position, and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

  • ID# 781-016-173-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1850's
  • Origin Old Believer's workshop
  • Materials Egg tempera on parcel gilt and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,27520% off$1,020
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ID# 781-016-173-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Iveron with 2 border Saints

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Iveron with 2 border Saints

Our Lady of Iveron is the Eastern Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary which, according to the Sacred Tradition, was painted by Luke the Evangelist. The icon is referred to as "Wonderworking" meaning that numerous miracles have been attributed to the intercession of the Theotokos by persons praying before it. The original of this image is found in the Georgian Iveron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where it is believed to have been since the year 999. 

  • ID# 120-1009-017-156-SP1
  • Size 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (35 x 30 cm)
  • Age ca. 19th century
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $1,25020% off$1,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 120-1009-017-156-SP1
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Russian Icon - Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple

Russian Icon - Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple

The icon depicts The Presentation of the Virgin Mary, known in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple –  a liturgical feast celebrated on November 21 by the Catholic, Orthodox Churches, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches. The feast is associated with an event recounted in the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James. According to that text, Mary's parents, Joachim and Anne, who had been childless, received a heavenly message that they would have a child. In thanksgiving for the gift of their daughter, they brought her, when still a child, to the Temple in Jerusalem to consecrate her to God. Tradition held that she was to remain there to be educated in preparation for her role as Mother of God. In Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is one of the days when women named Mary are celebrating their name day.

  • ID# 983-009-160-SP2
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,25020% off$1,000
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ID# 983-009-160-SP2
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Russian Icon - The Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God

Russian Icon - The Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God

The Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox Church (corresponding to the Western feast of the Assumption) which commemorates the "falling asleep" or death of the Mother of God, and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into Heaven. The Theotokos is depicted lying on a bier, surrounded by the twelve Apostles. At center, Jesus Christ is shown in a golden mandorla, swaddling the soul of the Virgin Mary. Christ is flanked by St. Martyress Euphemia and St. Stephan the Protomartyr.

  • ID# 895-095-095-SP2
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,25020% off$1,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 895-095-095-SP2
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Russian Icon - The Nativity of the Virgin Mary

Russian Icon - The Nativity of the Virgin Mary

The Nativity of the Theotokos is a Christian feast day commemorating the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary and universally celebrated on September 8th. The icon depicts Saint Anne reclining in her bed watching the infant Mary being washed by midwives.  Mary’s father Joachim is shown sitting, thanking God for the successful delivery of his daughter.

  • ID# 800-012-195-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,25020% off$1,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 800-012-195-SP2
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Russian Icon - Feodorovskaya Mother of God

Russian Icon - Feodorovskaya Mother of God

The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia is the patron icon of the Romanov Imperial family and one of the most venerated icons in the Upper Volga region. Her feast days are March 27 and August 29.

  • ID# 77-1009-012-204-SP1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1800
  • Origin Volga Region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $1,20020% off$960
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 77-1009-012-204-SP1
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver revetment cover & glass-fronted shadowbox kiot frame

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver revetment cover & glass-fronted shadowbox kiot frame

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and is considered a palladium of Russia for centuries until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4.

The icon's cover is stamped with a Moscow hallmark dated 1890 and a silver purity mark of 84 zolotniks. 

  • ID# 1099-017-171-SP2
  • Size 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (27 x 24 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials oil on gessoed wood in gilt silver revetment cover held in wooden shadowbox frame
  • Price $1,20020% off$960
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1099-017-171-SP2
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver oklad & kiot shadowbox frame

Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver oklad & kiot shadowbox frame

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and is considered a palladium of Russia for centuries until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4. 

  • ID# 1069-008-086-SP2
  • Size 11 x 9 1/2 inches (28 x 24 cm)
  • Age ca. 1910
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in parcel gilt silver cover, glass-fronted shadowbox kit frame
  • Price $1,20020% off$960
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1069-008-086-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Vladimir

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Vladimir

Our Lady of Vladimir is one of the most highly venerated Orthodox icons and a typical example of Byzantine iconography. The original 12th-century icon survived and is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery museum in Moscow. Even more than most famous icons, the original has been copied repeatedly for centuries and many copies now have considerable artistic and religious significance of their own. The icon is a version of the Eleusa (Tenderness) type, with the Christ child snuggling up to his mother's cheek. The venerated image was used to celebrate the coronations of tsars, the elections of patriarchs, and other important ceremonies of the Russian state. Her feast day is June 3.

  • ID# 684-054-061-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (31 x 27 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,20020% off$960
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 684-054-061-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and is considered a palladium of Russia for centuries until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4.  

  • ID# 460-031-051-SP2
  • Size 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (35 x 30 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Icon painting village of Kholui
  • Materials egg tempera on silvered, tooled and gessoed wood
  • Price (RESERVED)
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 460-031-051-SP2
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Large Russian icon - the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

Large Russian icon - the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation.

  • ID# 104-078-092-SP2
  • Size 18 1/2 x 14 inches (47 x 36 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $1,10020% off$880
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 104-078-092-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracle-working icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in a praying position, and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

  • ID# 318-004-132-SP2
  • Size 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (37 x 29 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,10020% off$880
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ID# 318-004-132-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Our Lady of Smolensk is the name of an ancient miracle-working icon and one of the most highly venerated icons in Russia. According to tradition, after the fall of Constantinople, the original icon painted by St. Luke surfaced in Russia, where it was placed in the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk and therefore referred to as Our Lady of Smolensk. The original icon, dated by art historians to the 11th century, is now believed to have been destroyed by fire during the German occupation of Smolensk in 1941, but a great number of copies were made throughout the century, some of considerable historical and artistic value of their own.

  • ID# 790-012-172-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. second half of the 19th century
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,10020% off$880
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ID# 790-012-172-SP2
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Small Russian Icon - Our Lady of Chernigov with Saints in silver cover

Small Russian Icon - Our Lady of Chernigov with Saints in silver cover

Our Lady of Chernigov-Gethsemane is a miracleworking icon that became famous in 1662 when it saved a monastery near the town of Chernigov from the Tatar invaders. The icon was revealed at the Trinity-Ilyin monastery near Chernigov on Mount Boldina, and where in the eleventh century Saint Anthony of the Kiev Caves struggled in asceticism. The icon is commemorated on September 1. 

The border saints are St. Matrena, St. John the Theologian, and St. Martyress Anastasia.

  • ID# 1343-013-232-SP2
  • Size 5 x 4 1/3 inches (13 x 11)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Chernigov region of Ukraine
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in silver revetment cover
  • Price (RESERVED)
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1343-013-232-SP2
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver oklad & kiot shadowbox frame

Russian icon - Our Lady of Kazan in silver oklad & kiot shadowbox frame

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and is considered a palladium of Russia for centuries until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4. 

  • ID# 1226-002-001-SP2
  • Size 10 1/4 x 9 inches (26 x 23 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in parcel gilt silver cover, beads, glass-fronted shadowbox kit frame
  • Price $1,00020% off$800
  • Silver
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1226-002-001-SP2
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Large Russian icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Large Russian icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracle-working icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in a praying position, and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign refers to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

  • ID# 146-091-028-SP2
  • Size 17 1/3 x 14 1/2 inches (44 x 37 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $1,00020% off$800
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 146-091-028-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracle-working icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in a praying position, and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

  • ID# 231-092-109-SP2
  • Size 15 3/4 x 13 inches (40 x 33 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Russian icon-painting village of Kholui
  • Materials Egg tempera on tooled, silvered, and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,00020% off$800
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 231-092-109-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Our Lady of Smolensk is name of an ancient miracle working icon and one of the most highly venerated icons in Russia. According to the tradition, after the fall of Constantinople, the original icon painted by St. Luke  surfaced in Russia, where it was placed in the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk and therefore referred to as Our Lady of Smolensk. The original icon, dated by art historians to the 11th century, is now believed to have been destroyed by fire during the German occupation of Smolensk in 1941, but a great number of copies were made throughout the century, some of the of considerable historical and artistic value of their own.

  • ID# 146-105-093-SP7-1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in (31 x 25 cm)
  • Age ca. 18/19th century
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 146-105-093-SP7-1
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Russian Icon - Mother of God, Joy to All Who Sorrow

Russian Icon - Mother of God, Joy to All Who Sorrow

Mother of God, Joy to All Who Sorrow of Moscow is the name of a famous wonderworking Russian Orthodox icon. The icon dates to a miracle that occurred on October 24, 1688, when a woman named Euphemia received healing from sickness after obeying a voice telling her to find this icon and have the priest celebrate a prayer with the blessing of water. The design of this icon depicts the Mother of God, depicted full-figured standing with her Son in Heaven and God the Father above her in the clouds. Along both sides of the icon, framing the Mother of God, depicted are many suppliants asking for her intercession. The tenderness and kindness of a loving mother are evident in her face as She stands in paradise and yet among us.

  • ID# 345-083-096-SP1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (31 x 27 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Central Russia (the Urals?)
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt and gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 345-083-096-SP1
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Life-Giving Spring, St. John Climacus & St. Barbara, Greatmartyr

Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Life-Giving Spring, St. John Climacus & St. Barbara, Greatmartyr

The Mother of God of the Life-Giving Spring icon originated with the revelation of a sacred spring in Valoukli, Constantinople, to a soldier named Leo Marcellus, who later became Byzantine Emperor Leo I (457-474). Leo built the historic Church of St. Mary of the Spring over this site, which witnessed numerous miraculous healings over the centuries through her intercessions, becoming one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Greek Orthodoxy.  The feast day of the Life-giving Spring is celebrated on Bright Friday in the Orthodox Church and in those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. Additionally, the icon of the Theotokos the "Life-Giving Spring," is commemorated on April 4 / 17 in Slavic Orthodox churches.

Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian saint and martyr living in the Greek city Nicomedia, present-day Turkey or in Heliopolis of Phoenicia, present-day Baalbek, Lebanon. Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature chains and a tower. As one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara continues to be a popular saint in modern times, perhaps best known as the patron saint of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her old legend's association with lightning, and also of mathematicians. Many of her thirteen miracles turn on the security she offered that her devotees would not die without making confession and receiving extreme unction.

Saint Venerable John Climacus, also known as John of the Ladder, John Scholasticus and John Sinaites, was a 6th–7th-century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai revered as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. "The Ladder of Divine Ascent", composed by John in the early seventh century, describes how to raise one's soul and body to God by acquiring ascetic virtues and became one of the most widely read and much-beloved books of Byzantine spirituality. Climacus uses the analogy of Jacob's Ladder as the framework for his spiritual teaching. Each chapter is called a "step" and deals with a separate spiritual subject. There are thirty Steps of the ladder, which correspond to the age of Jesus at his baptism and the beginning of his earthly ministry. This book is one of the most widely read among Orthodox Christians, especially during the season of Great Lent, which immediately precedes Pascha (Easter). It is often read in the trapeza (refectory) in Orthodox monasteries, and in some places, it is read in church as part of the Daily Office on Lenten weekdays, being prescribed in the Triodion.

  • ID# 657-084-006-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. mid 19th century
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
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ID# 657-084-006-SP2
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Reliquary theca with relics of Sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Reliquary theca with relics of Sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Oval silver glass-fronted theca housing a particle relic from the Sepulchre of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The relic is affixed to a red background and identified on a typeset cedula label as Sep[ulchre] B.V.M. On the back,  the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Cardinal Pietro Respighi (†1913), Vicar General of Rome (1900-1913).

  • ID# 34-RSCR40-11
  • Size 39 x 31 mm
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Italy
  • Materials glass, silver
  • Price $775
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 34-RSCR40-11
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan, is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and considered a palladium of Russia for centuries, until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest-length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4.

  • ID# 183-028-132-SP6-11
  • Size 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in (35 x 30 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880's
  • Origin Icon painting village of Kholui
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $95020% off$760
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 183-028-132-SP6-11
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Vladimir

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Vladimir

Our Lady of Vladimir is one of the most highly venerated Orthodox icons and a typical example of Byzantine iconography. The original 12th-century icon survived and is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery museum in Moscow. Even more than most famous icons, the original has been copied repeatedly for centuries and many copies now have considerable artistic and religious significance of their own. The icon is a version of the Eleusa (Tenderness) type, with the Christ child snuggling up to his mother's cheek. The venerated image was used in the celebration of coronations of Tsars, elections of Patriarchs, and other important ceremonies of the Russian state. Her feast day is June 3.

  • ID# 110-1009-014-265-SP1
  • Size 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (32 x 27 cm)
  • Age ca. 19th century
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $95020% off$760
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 110-1009-014-265-SP1
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Russian Icon - the Surety of Sinners Mother of God

Russian Icon - the Surety of Sinners Mother of God

The Icon of the Surety of Sinners Mother of God is known by this name because of the inscription on the icon: “I am the Surety of sinners for My Son Who has entrusted Me to hear them, and those who bring Me the joy of hearing them will receive eternal joy through Me.” The Mother of God is depicted embracing Her Child, Who holds Her right hand with both His hands so that Her thumb is in His right hand, and Her small finger in His left hand. This is the gesture of one who gives surety for another. Although we do not know when or by whom the icon was originally painted, it is believed that the basis of the icon is to be found in the Akathist to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos: “Rejoice, You Who offer Your hands in surety for us to God.”

  • ID# 128-1009-017-255-SP1
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 19th century
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $95020% off$760
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 128-1009-017-255-SP1
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Russian Icon - The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

Russian Icon - The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation.  Gabriel is shown blessing with one hand and holding a stem of lilies in the other, while the Virgin Mary is depicted turned towards the Angel holding the book of Gospels opened on Luke (1:29) "You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus."

  • ID# 1040-013-182-SP2
  • Size 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $95020% off$760
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1040-013-182-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin

Our Lady of Tikhvin (Tikhvinskaya) is one of the most celebrated and beautiful wonderworking icons of the Mother of God. Traditionally, it is said to be one of the icons painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist and is a contemporary of the Mother of God herself. The appearance of the icon is celebrated on June 26. The icon has a long history. During the Soviet oppression of the Orthodox Church, the original Theotokos of Tikhvin icon was brought to the USA for safekeeping. In 2004 it was transferred back to Russia to return to its home village of Tikhvin. In the iconographic sense, it is a Hodigitria type with the slightly inclined position of the Mother of God toward the Infant, Who is depicted on the left side of the image. The hand of the Mother of God is raised toward her breast as a sign of silent worship of her Son.

  • ID# 306-066-025-SP2
  • Size 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (37 x 30 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Icon-painting village of Kholui, Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $92520% off$740
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 306-066-025-SP2
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Russian icon - The Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God

Russian icon - The Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God

The Protection (Pokrov) of the Most Holy Mother of God is one of the most beloved Feast days on the Orthodox calendar commemorated on October 1 celebrating the appearance of the Virgin Mary in Constantinople in the 10th century at the time when the people in the city were threatened by the Barbarian invasion. Saint Andrew, the Holy Fool with his disciple Saint Epiphanius, and a group of people, saw the Mother of God, Saint John the Baptist, and several other Saints and Angels during a vigil in the Church of Blachernae, nearby the city gates. The Mother of God approached the center of the church, knelt down and remained in prayer for a long time with her face drowned in tears. Then she took her veil off and spread it over the people as a sign of protection. After the appearance of the Mother of God, the danger was averted and the city was spared from bloodshed and suffering.  On the icon, the Theotokos is depicted standing on a cloud in aureola of green light holding her veil .

  • ID# 200-077-056-SP6-1
  • Size 13 3/4 x 12 1/4 in (35 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on gessoed wood
  • Price $90020% off$720
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 200-077-056-SP6-1
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin

Russian icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin

Our Lady of Tikhvin (Tikhvinskaya) is one of the most celebrated and beautiful wonderworking icons of the Mother of God. Traditionally, it is said to be one of the icons painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist and is a contemporary of the Mother of God herself. The appearance of the icon is celebrated on June 26. The icon has a long history. During the Soviet oppression of the Orthodox Church, the original Theotokos of Tikhvin icon was brought to the USA for safekeeping. In 2004 it was transferred back to Russia to return to its home village of Tikhvin. In the iconographic sense, it is a Hodigitria type with the slightly inclined position of the Mother of God toward the Infant, Who is depicted on the left side of the image. The hand of the Mother of God is raised toward her breast as a sign of silent worship of her Son.

  • ID# 100-1009-014-060-SP1
  • Size 12 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 inches (26.5 x 22 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $89520% off$716
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 100-1009-014-060-SP1
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Akhtyrsk

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Akhtyrsk

Locally venerated Our Lady of Akhtyrsk is named after the town where it miraculously appeared in 1739 when the priest Daniil Vasiliev found it in the grass while mowing with a scythe. It depicts the Mother of God half-figured in an attitude of prayer with a smaller figure of crucified Christ shown to her right. Her feast day is July 2. 

  • ID# 1074-013-146-SP2
  • Size 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23 cm)
  • Age ca. 1870s
  • Origin Southern Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $87520% off$700
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ID# 1074-013-146-SP2
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Russian Icon - Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple

Russian Icon - Presentation of the Virgin Mary at the Temple

The icon is depicting The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple –  a liturgical feast celebrated on November 21 by the Catholic, Orthodox Churches, and some Anglo-Catholic Churches. The feast is associated with an event recounted in the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James. According to that text, Mary's parents, Joachim and Anne, who had been childless, received a heavenly message that they would have a child. In thanksgiving for the gift of their daughter, they brought her, when still a child, to the Temple in Jerusalem to consecrate her to God. Tradition held that she was to remain there to be educated in preparation for her role as Mother of God. In Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is one of the days when women named Mary are celebrating their name day.

  • ID# 225-098-016-SP7-11
  • Size 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in (36 x 25 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Oil on gessoed wood
  • Price $85020% off$680
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ID# 225-098-016-SP7-11
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Iveron in kiot shadow frame

Russian icon - Our Lady of Iveron in kiot shadow frame

Our Lady of Iveron is the Eastern Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary which, according to the Sacred Tradition, was painted by Luke the Evangelist. The icon is referred to as "Wonderworking" meaning that numerous miracles have been attributed to the intercession of the Theotokos by persons praying before it. The original of this image is found in the Georgian Iveron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where it is believed to have been since the year 999. 

  • ID# 374-104-079-SP1
  • Size 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (29 x 25 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered, tooled and gessoed wood in glass fronted shadow frame
  • Price $85020% off$680
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ID# 374-104-079-SP1
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Russian Icon - Mother of God Joy to All Who Sorrow with Coins

Russian Icon - Mother of God Joy to All Who Sorrow with Coins

Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow of Saint Petersburg  is a miracle working icon celebrated throughout Russia. On July 23, 1888, during the severe thunderstorm, lightning struck a chapel at a glass factory in St. Petersburg, burning the interior walls of the church, but leaving the icon depicting Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow unharmed. From the violent disturbance of the air, the icon was knocked to the floor, the poor-box broke open, and twelve copper coins adhered to the icon in various places; afterwards many miracles were worked by the grace of the holy icon. The design of this icon depicts the Mother of God, standing in paradise with her Son above her. Along both sides of the icon, framing the Mother of God, are suppliants, asking for her intercession with angels assisting them. The 12 coins are depicted throughout the central field of the icon. 

  • ID# 1071-015-019-SP2
  • Size 11 x 9 1/2 inches (28 x 24 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Saint Petersburg Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled & gessoed wood in contemporary gilt frame
  • Price $85020% off$680
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ID# 1071-015-019-SP2
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Russian icon - Surety of the Sinners Mother of God in brass revetment cover

Russian icon - Surety of the Sinners Mother of God in brass revetment cover

The Icon of the Surety of Sinners Mother of God is known by this name because of the inscription on the icon: “I am the Surety of sinners for My Son Who has entrusted Me to hear them, and those who bring Me the joy of hearing them will receive eternal joy through Me.” The Mother of God is depicted embracing Her Child, Who holds Her right hand with both His hands so that Her thumb is in His right hand, and Her small finger in His left hand. This is the gesture of one who gives surety for another. Although we do not know when or by whom the icon was originally painted, it is believed that the basis of the icon is to be found in the Akathist to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos: “Rejoice, You Who offer Your hands in surety for us to God.”

  • ID# 340-080-076-SP1
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
  • Age ca. mid-19th century
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in brass revetment cover
  • Price $77520% off$620
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ID# 340-080-076-SP1
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Smolensk

Our Lady of Smolensk is the name of an ancient miracle working icon and one of the most highly venerated icons in Russia. According to tradition, after the fall of Constantinople, the original icon painted by St. Luke  surfaced in Russia, where it was placed in the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk and therefore referred to as Our Lady of Smolensk. The original icon, dated by art historians to the 11th century, is now believed to have been destroyed by fire during the German occupation of Smolensk in 1941, but a great number of copies were made throughout the century, some of considerable historical and artistic value of their own.

  • ID# 673-083-078-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Upper Volga region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $77520% off$620
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 673-083-078-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin

Our Lady of Tikhvin (Tikhvinskaya) is one of the most celebrated and beautiful wonderworking icons of the Mother of God. Traditionally, it is said to be one of the icons painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist and is a contemporary of the Mother of God herself. The appearance of the icon is celebrated on June 26. The icon has a long history. During the Soviet oppression of the Orthodox Church, the original Theotokos of Tikhvin icon was brought to the USA for safekeeping. In 2004 it was transferred back to Russia to return to its home village of Tikhvin. In the iconographic sense, it is a Hodigitria type with the slightly inclined position of the Mother of God toward the Infant, Who is depicted on the left side of the image. The hand of the Mother of God is raised toward her breast as a sign of silent worship of her Son.

  • ID# 886-040-125-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 25 cm)
  • Age ca. late 19th century
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $77520% off$620
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 886-040-125-SP2
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Russian Icon - The Virgin Mary from the Deisis Row

Russian Icon - The Virgin Mary from the Deisis Row

  • ID# 84-103-109-SP7-1
  • Size 15 x 12 1/2 in (38 x 32 cm)
  • Age ca. second half of the 19th century
  • Origin Urals Mountains region
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $75020% off$600
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ID# 84-103-109-SP7-1
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Russian Icon - Hodegetria Mother of God

Russian Icon - Hodegetria Mother of God

The icon is depicting the Virgin Hodegetria, an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind. The Virgin's head inclines towards the child, who raises his hand in a blessing gesture.

  • ID# 230-098-106-SP7-2
  • Size 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 in (47 x 39 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $75020% off$600
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ID# 230-098-106-SP7-2
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Russian Icon - Feodorovskaya Mother of God

Russian Icon - Feodorovskaya Mother of God

The Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, also known as Our Lady of Saint Theodore and the Black Virgin Mary of Russia is the patron icon of the Romanov Imperial family and one of the most venerated icons in the Upper Volga region. Her feast days are March 27 and August 29.

  • ID# 196-1009-028-093-SP1
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on tooled and gessoed wooden panel
  • Price $75020% off$600
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 196-1009-028-093-SP1
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and is considered a palladium of Russia for centuries until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4.  

  • ID# 1252-039-102-SP2
  • Size 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $73520% off$588
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ID# 1252-039-102-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tenderness

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tenderness

The Eleusa (Greek: Ἐλεούσα – Tenderness or Showing Mercy) is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary that is, in the Western Church, nown as the Virgin of Tenderness. The Eleusa is also used as an epithet for describing and praising the Virgin Mary in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

  • ID# 1267-013-129-SP2
  • Size 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on tooled, gilt, and gessoed wood
  • Price $72520% off$580
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ID# 1267-013-129-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Unexpected Joy with border saints

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Unexpected Joy with border saints

Our Lady of Unexpected Joy depicts the story about the sinful youth praying to the icon of the Mother of God before going out to sin. Suddenly, he saw that wounds appeared on Christ's hands, feet, and side, and blood flowed from them. The Mother of God miraculously spoke to him, "You and other sinners, because of your sins, crucify Christ anew." Shocked with the vision for a long time, he prayed with tears to the All-Pure Mother of God and the Savior for mercy. Finally, he received the unexpected joy of the forgiveness of his sins. Thus he grew in his spirit and totally changed his life.

  • ID# 1007-081-066-SP2
  • Size 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (30 x 24 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Central Russia, the Old Believer's workshop
  • Materials egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $72520% off$580
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1007-081-066-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tenderness (The Eleusa)

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Tenderness (The Eleusa)

The Eleusa (Greek: Ἐλεούσα – Tenderness or Showing Mercy) is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her cheek. In the Western Church, the type is often known as the Virgin of Tenderness. The Eleusa is also used as an epithet for describing and praising the Virgin Mary in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

  • ID# 445-055-043-SP2
  • Size 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (35 x 25 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $72520% off$580
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 445-055-043-SP2
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church and considered a palladium of Russia for centuries, until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. The icon represents the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. It is a close-up variant of the Hodegetria (Directress) style, it is noted mainly for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest-length. The Kazan icons are traditionally small, following the original. The Kazan icon was very popular in Russia, especially as a wedding gift, and many copies were made in the design of the original. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4.

  • ID# 233-101-023-15
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 in (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Icon painting village of Kholyi
  • Materials Egg tempera on silvered, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $70020% off$560
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 233-101-023-15
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of Vladimir

Russian Icon - Our Lady of Vladimir

Our Lady of Vladimir is one of the most highly venerated Orthodox icons and a typical example of Byzantine iconography. The original 12th-century icon survived and is displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery museum in Moscow. Even more than most famous icons, the original has been copied repeatedly for centuries and many copies now have considerable artistic and religious significance of their own. The icon is a version of the Eleusa (Tenderness) type, with the Christ child snuggling up to his mother's cheek. The venerated image was used to celebrate the coronations of tsars, the elections of patriarchs, and other important ceremonies of the Russian state. Her feast day is June 3.

  • ID# 1290-035-036-SP2
  • Size 8 1/4 x 6 1/3 inches (21 x 16 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on tooled and gessoed wood
  • Price $70020% off$560
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1290-035-036-SP2
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Small Russian Orthodox 3-panel folding travel skladen icon depicting Our Lady of the Sign with Archangels, Apostles, and selected Saints

Small Russian Orthodox 3-panel folding travel skladen icon depicting Our Lady of the Sign with Archangels, Apostles, and selected Saints

Our Lady of the Sign under Not-Made-By-Hands image of Christ on the central panel, with Archangels, Apostles Peter and Paul, and selected saints on side panels.

 

  • ID# 126-DDMA-8
  • Size 6.5 cm x 10 cm (2 1/2 in x 4 in)
  • Age ca. 19th century, Old Believer's workshop Moscow Region
  • Materials brass
  • Price $500
ID# 126-DDMA-8
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Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Russian Icon - Our Lady of the Sign

Our Lady of the Sign is one of the most beloved Russian miracleworking icons of Theotokos. The icon depicts Her during the Annunciation at the moment of saying, "May it be done to me according to your word." (Luke 1:38). The Virgin Mary is depicted frontally half-length, with her hands raised in praying position and the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast representing him at the moment of his conception. The term Virgin of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

  • ID# 84-1009-013-023-SP2
  • Size 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (25 x 20 cm)
  • Age ca. first half of the 19th century
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood
  • Price $60020% off$480
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 84-1009-013-023-SP2
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Iveron in brass revetment cover

Russian icon - Our Lady of Iveron in brass revetment cover

Our Lady of Iveron is the Eastern Orthodox icon of the Virgin Mary, which, according to the Sacred Tradition, was painted by Luke the Evangelist. The icon is referred to as "Wonderworking," meaning that numerous miracles have been attributed to the intercession of the Theotokos by persons praying before it. The original of this image is found in the Georgian Iveron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, where it is believed to have been since the year 999. 

  • ID# 1193-011-159-SP2
  • Size 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (26 x 22 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Moscow region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in brass revetment cover
  • Price $57520% off$460
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ID# 1193-011-159-SP2
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Russian icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin in brass revetment cover

Russian icon - Our Lady of Tikhvin in brass revetment cover

Our Lady of Tikhvin (Tikhvinskaya) is one of the most celebrated and beautiful wonderworking icons of the Mother of God. Traditionally, it is said to be one of the icons painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist and is a contemporary of the Mother of God herself. The appearance of the icon is celebrated on June 26. The icon has a long history. During the Soviet oppression of the Orthodox Church, the original Theotokos of Tikhvin icon was brought to the USA for safekeeping. In 2004 it was transferred back to Russia to return to its home village of Tikhvin. In the iconographic sense, it is a Hodigitria type with the slightly inclined position of the Mother of God toward the Infant, Who is depicted on the left side of the image. The hand of the Mother of God is raised toward her breast as a sign of silent worship of her Son.

  • ID# 1199-003-117-SP2
  • Size 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (26 x 21 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Moscow Region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gessoed wood in brass revetment cover
  • Price $55020% off$440
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1199-003-117-SP2
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