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“The city was pure gold, like pure glass” (Rev. 21:8)
"All the glory of the King's daughter is within; her clothes are sewn with gold" (Psalm 45:13)

The history of icon painting is rooted in antiquity. Gilding with gold leaf is already found on the oldest images dating back to the 9th-11th centuries. The technique of gilding came to Russia from Byzantium. Starting from the 13th century, gold leaf was often used by Novgorod, Pskov, and Moscow iconographers. They achieved a very high level of skill, therefore the icons they created reach our days in near perfect condition.

In the Orthodox tradition, gold is a symbol of holiness, greatness, and of a spiritual world. The golden background symbolizes the heavenly world, which cannot be conveyed by other paints or pigments. The thin gilding of halos and fragments of robes on the icons denotes participation in the Divine Uncreated Light, symbolizes holiness, purity and purity. Joy is proclaimed in the golden color and light in the icon. The highlights painted in gold symbolize Divine energy and grace, the beauty of the other world, God himself. Gold, as it were, absorbs the evil of the world and defeats it. Gold is perceived as God Himself, the Light in which there is no darkness.

From the aesthetic and artistic side, gilded icons undoubtedly represent a higher value in comparison with others, due to the complexity of the gilding process itself, as well as the high cost of the precious metal.

Fine Russian Icon - St. Martyress Pelagia of Tarsus

Fine Russian Icon - St. Martyress Pelagia of Tarsus

The icon depicts St. Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus (Greek: Πελαγία, † early 4th century), a legendary Christian saint and martyr who lived in Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Asia Minor) during the reign of Roman emperor Diocletian. According to her vita, Pelagia was born in the 3rd century in Tarsus (the Cilician region of Asia Minor) in a family of noble pagans. The girl was distinguished by her extraordinary beauty, received a good education, and the emperor Diocletian decided to make her the wife of his adopted heir, who was captivated by her beauty. Pelagia, who heard about Christians, their faith and martyrdom, was baptized by Bishop Clinon in Tarsus. After that, she refused to marry the adopted son of Diocletian and was brought by her mother to the Emperor, who, after seeing her beauty, wanted to make her his wife. Pelagia refused Diocletian, confessed herself as a Christian, and was executed by being burned in a red-hot copper bull. The bones of the saint were collected by local Christians and buried on one of the hills in the vicinity of the city. Emperor Constantine I the Great built a holy church over the relics of Pelagia.

  • ID# 618-57-118-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $3,20020% off$2,560
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 618-57-118-SP2
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Russian Icon - Saint John the Baptist (the Forerunner) from the Deesis Row

Russian Icon - Saint John the Baptist (the Forerunner) from the Deesis Row

Saint John the Baptist was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD who is revered as a significant religious figure in Christianity, Islam, and other faiths. He is called a prophet by all of these traditions and is honored as a saint in many Christian traditions. The Orthodox faithful believe that John was the last of the Old Testament prophets, thus serving as a bridge between that period of revelation and the New Covenant. They also teach that, following his death, John descended into Hades and there once more preached that Jesus the Messiah was coming, so he was the Forerunner of Christ in death as he had been in life. Eastern Orthodox churches will often have an icon of St. John the Baptist in a place of honor on the iconostasis, frequently mentioned during the Divine Services. Every Tuesday throughout the year is dedicated to his memory.

  • ID# 292-046-028-SP1
  • Size 13 3/4 x 11 inches (35 x 28 cm)
  • Age ca. 1870s
  • Origin Old Believer's workshop
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,20020% off$960
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 292-046-028-SP1
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Fine Russian Icon - The Beheading (Decollation) of St. John the Baptist (the Forerunner)

Fine Russian Icon - The Beheading (Decollation) of St. John the Baptist (the Forerunner)

Fine Russian Orthodox icon representing the Decollation (the beheading) of Saint John the Baptist, known in Russia as "Saint John the Forerunner". He is the forerunner of Christ, the last of the Old Testament prophets, and the first Christian saint. A popular and much-venerated figure in Orthodox iconography, Saint John was beheaded under the order of King Herod, who wished to please Salome, daughter of the king's lover Herodias, whom the Baptist had reproached for her adultery.

  • ID# 257-043-073-SP2
  • Size 15 1/3 x 12 1/4 inches (39 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $6,00020% off$4,800
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 257-043-073-SP2
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Fine Russian Icon - St. Venerable Νikodemos, Abbot of Khozyuga-Lake Monastery

Fine Russian Icon - St. Venerable Νikodemos, Abbot of Khozyuga-Lake Monastery

St. Nicodemus of the Khozyuga Lake (†1640) (Russian: святой Никодим Кожеезерский) was a Russian Orthodox monk who lived as a hermit in the Archangel region. In the summer of 1609, Father Nicodemus left the monastery for a desert area on the banks of the Khozyuga River, here with his own hands, he set up a small cell, cultivated the land for potatoes, fished and lived "indulging in feats of piety." The fame of the Khozyuga Lake hermitage spread widely and reached Moscow. Patriarch Joasaph I learned about the exploits of the monk and, as a sign of respect, sent him a fox fur coat, which, however, Nicodemus did not accept, but sent to the monastery. Several months before his death, the monk, at the request of the brethren of the Khozyuga Lake monastery, left his hermit cell and settled in the monastery, where he died on July 3, 1640 and was buried in the Epiphany Church of the monastery. In 1662 Nikodim Kozheezersky was canonized, and in 1695 his relics were found incorruptible. His memory is celebrated on July 3 (the day of death), August 3 and October 31 (in the Cathedrals of the Arkhangelsk, Novgorod and Rostov-Yaroslavl saints).

  • ID# 199-91-101-SP2
  • Size 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (42 x 37 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Moscow, Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera and gilding on tooled and gessoed wood. In modern gilt frame
  • Price $5,00020% off$4,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 199-91-101-SP2
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Fine Russian Icon - St. Unmercenary Healer & Greatmartyr Panteleimon (Pantaleon)

Fine Russian Icon - St. Unmercenary Healer & Greatmartyr Panteleimon (Pantaleon)

Greatmartyr Panteleimon (or Pantaleon) was the Unmercenary Healer martyred under the reign of Emperor Maximian (ca. 305 A.D.). Saint Panteleimon had been educated as a physician and dedicated his life to the suffering, the sick, the unfortunate, and the needy. He treated all those who turned to him without charge, healing them in the name of Jesus Christ. He visited those held captive in prison. These were usually Christians, and he healed them of their wounds. Saint Panteleimon is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a mighty saint and the protector of soldiers. This aspect of his veneration is derived from his first name Pantaleon, which means “a lion in everything”. His second name, Panteleimon, given him at Baptism, which means “all-merciful,” manifests in the veneration of the martyr as a healer. The connection between these two aspects of the saint is readily apparent in that soldiers, receiving wounds more frequently than others, are more in need of a physician-healer. Christians waging spiritual warfare also have recourse to this saint, asking him to heal their spiritual wounds. The holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon is invoked in the Mystery of Anointing the Sick, at the Blessing of Water, and in the Prayers for the Sick.

  • ID# 382-3-286-SP2
  • Size 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (36 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $3,75020% off$3,000
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 382-3-286-SP2
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Fine Russian Icon - Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra

Fine Russian Icon - Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra

Saint Nicholas of Myra (270 - 343), was a historic 4th-century Saint and Greek Bishop of Myra. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolas the Wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus. His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints. Saint Nicholas is the patron Saint of sailors, merchants, archers, thieves, children, and students in Greece, Belgium, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Albania, Russia, the Republic of Macedonia, Slovakia, Serbia, and Montenegro. He is also the patron saint of Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Barranquilla, Bari, Beit Jala, Fribourg, Huguenots, Kozani, Liverpool, Paternopoli, Sassari, Siggiewi, and Lorraine. His feast day is 6 December.

  • ID# 197-095-111-SP2
  • Size 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (42 x 37 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Old Believer's workshops
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt and gessoed wood in modern gilt frame
  • Price $3,50020% off$2,800
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 197-095-111-SP2
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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 - St. John the Forerunner, Angel of the Desert with Scenes of His Life and Martyrdom

Russian Icon - St. John the Forerunner, Angel of the Desert with Scenes of His Life and Martyrdom

The icon depicts Saint John the Forerunner in the iconography of "the Angel of the Desert". Saint John the Forerunner is depicted standing in the image of an Angel with wavy hair and wings, holding in his left hand a chalice with a Christ-Child and a scroll with the beginning of verse from Matthew 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." St. John is depicted as an "earthly Angel" and a "heavenly man" according to the hymnography of the Church for his feast. His wings symbolize his Angelic pure manner of life. He is surrounded by four vignettes depicting scenes of his birth, encountering an angel, beheading, and translation of his severed head.

  • ID# 629-35-130-SP2
  • Size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (31 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $2,20020% off$1,760
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ID# 629-35-130-SP2
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Russian Icon - Christ Pantocrator

Russian Icon - Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator refers to a specific depiction of Christ. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty" or "All-powerful". In this understanding, Pantocrator is a compound word formed from the Greek words for "all" and the noun "strength" (κρατος). This is often understood in terms of potential power, i.e., the ability to do anything, omnipotence. The iconic image of Christ Pantocrator was one of the first images of Christ developed in the Early Christian Church and remained a central icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Christ is depicted half-length, holding the Gospels in his left hand and making the blessing gesture with his right.  The Gospels are opened on Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

  • ID# 1230-74-96-SP2
  • Size 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,35020% off$1,080
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1230-74-96-SP2
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Fine Russian Icon - 5 Selected Saints: Sts. Peter Ap., Ven. Niphont of Athos, Ven. Moses of Kiev-Caves Monastery, Boniface, & Sabel

Fine Russian Icon - 5 Selected Saints: Sts. Peter Ap., Ven. Niphont of Athos, Ven. Moses of Kiev-Caves Monastery, Boniface, & Sabel

The icon depicts five selected Orthodox saints: St. Peter the Apostle, St. Venerable Niphon of Athos, St. Venerable Moses the Hungarian of Kiev-Caves Monastery, St. Boniface, and St. Sabel of Persia.

  • ID# 196-98-115-SP2
  • Size 16 1/2 x 15 inches (42 x 38 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,25020% off$1,000
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ID# 196-98-115-SP2
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Russian Icon - Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra

Russian Icon - Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra

Saint Nicholas of Myra (270 - 343) was a historic 4th-century Saint and Greek Bishop of Myra. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolas the Wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him and thus became the model for Santa Claus. His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints. 

Saint Nicholas is the patron Saint of sailors, merchants, archers, thieves, children, and students in Greece, Belgium, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Albania, Russia, the Republic of Macedonia, Slovakia, Serbia, and Montenegro. He is also the patron saint of Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Barranquilla, Bari, Beit Jala, Fribourg, Huguenots, Kozani, Liverpool, Paternopoli, Sassari, Siggiewi, and Lorraine. His feast day is 6 December. 

  • ID# 200-1009-028-142-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 $1,20020% off$960
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 200-1009-028-142-SP1
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Russian Icon - Christ Pantocrator

Russian Icon - Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator refers to a specific depiction of Christ. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty" or "All-powerful". In this understanding, Pantocrator is a compound word formed from the Greek words for "all" and the noun "strength" (κρατος). This is often understood in terms of potential power, i.e., the ability to do anything, omnipotence. The iconic image of Christ Pantocrator was one of the first images of Christ developed in the Early Christian Church and remained a central icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Christ is depicted half-length, holding the Gospels in his left hand and making the blessing gesture with his right.  The Gospels are opened on Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

  • ID# 1234-76-48-SP2
  • Size 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Icon painting village of Palekh
  • Materials egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $1,10020% off$880
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1234-76-48-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 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# 219-1009-032-117-SP1
  • Size 11 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (30 x 26 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 219-1009-032-117-SP1
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Russian Icon - St. Seraphim of Sarov

Russian Icon - St. Seraphim of Sarov

Saint Seraphim of Sarov (Серафим Саровский) († 1833), is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Orthodox Church who was canonized in 1903. He is generally considered the greatest of the 19th-century startsy (elders) and, arguably, the first. He is remembered for extending the monastic teachings of contemplation, theoria and self-denial to the layperson and taught that the purpose of the Christian life was to acquire the Holy Spirit. He was canonized in 1903 in Sarov at the ceremony attended by the Tsar and senior members of the Russian Imperial family. 

  • ID# 262-043-013-SP1
  • Size 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (26 x 22 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
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ID# 262-043-013-SP1
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Russian Icon - 4 Selected Saints: St. Ven. Sabbatius of Tver, St. Pelagia, St. Charitina of Amisus, St. Barbara the Greatmartyr

Russian Icon - 4 Selected Saints: St. Ven. Sabbatius of Tver, St. Pelagia, St. Charitina of Amisus, St. Barbara the Greatmartyr

St. Venerable Sabbatius of Tver († 1438) was a famous Russian miracleworking monk. He took the tonsure and labored in the Orshinsky Ascension Monastery. In the 1380s, he traveled to the Holy City of Jerusalem, where he got acquainted with the life of Palestinian monasticism. Returning to his native monastery, he decided to move to desert life. For this purpose, having asked the blessing of his confessor, St. Arseny, he retired to a dense forest up the Orsha River, where he dug a cave in which he prayed for the salvation of human souls. In the same place, the monk dug a pond, and on the bank of the river, through the prayers of the saint, a healthy spring broke through. Soon the brethren began to gather around the Monk Sabbatius and, eventually, the Sabbatius' Monastery arose. The saint was in fraternal correspondence with St. Sergius of Radonezh, Cornelius of Komel, and many other holy monks. The monastery arranged by the Monk Sabbatius was considered one of the most strict and organized. Even during the life of St. Sabbatius became famous for miracles. Through his prayer, the daughter of Prince Boris of Tver, Maria, the future wife of Ivan III, received healing. The St. Sabbatius monastery suffered the fate of many Russian monasteries and in the 18th century.

St. Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus (Greek: Πελαγία, † early 4th century), was a legendary Christian saint and martyr who lived in Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Asia Minor) during the reign of Roman emperor Diocletian. According to her vita, Pelagia was born in the 3rd century in Tarsus (the Cilician region of Asia Minor) in a family of noble pagans. The girl was distinguished by her extraordinary beauty, received a good education, and the emperor Diocletian decided to make her the wife of his adopted heir, who was captivated by her beauty. Pelagia, who heard about Christians, their faith and martyrdom, was baptized by Bishop Clinon in Tarsus. After that, she refused to marry the adopted son of Diocletian and was brought by her mother to the Emperor, who, after seeing her beauty, wanted to make her his wife. Pelagia refused Diocletian, confessed herself as a Christian, and was executed by being burned in a red-hot copper bull. The bones of the saint were collected by local Christians and buried on one of the hills in the vicinity of the city. Emperor Constantine I the Great built a holy church over the relics of Pelagia.

St. Charitina of Amisus was a virgin martyr from Asia Minor, distinguished by strict chastity and piety. Charitina spent her life in fasting, prayer, and study. By her example, she converted many to Christianity during the reign of Emperor Diocletian and was seized in the city of Amisus in Pontus. After torture and death, her body was thrown into the sea in the year 304.

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.

  • ID# 1119-59-113-SP2
  • Size 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (26 x 22 cm)
  • Age ca. 1880s
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
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Fine Russian Icon - St. Constantine & St. Helena, Equal to Apostles

Fine Russian Icon - St. Constantine & St. Helena, Equal to Apostles

Saints Emperor Constantine and His Mother Empress Helena, Equal-to-the-Apostles made early and important contributions to the Orthodox Christian Church. They are celebrated together because Helen is Constantine's mother. 

Saint Constantine the Great (†337), was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first to convert to Christianity. During his reign, Christianity began to transition to the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. Renouncing paganism, the Emperor did not let his capital remain in ancient Rome, the former center of the pagan realm. He transferred his capital to the East, to the city of Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople, the city of Constantine (May 11). Constantine was deeply convinced that only Christianity could unify the immense Roman Empire with its diverse peoples.  

Saint Helena, (or St. Helen) († c. 330), was the consort of the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus (reigned 293-306) and the mother of the future Emperor Constantine the Great (reigned 306-337). She ranks as an important figure in the history of Christianity and of the world due to her major influence on her son. Tradition credits her with a pilgrimage to Syria Palaestina, particularly to Jerusalem, during which she allegedly discovered the True Cross. Because of her great services to the Church and her efforts in finding the Life-Creating Cross, empress Helen is called “the Equal of the Apostles.”

Saints Constantine and Helen are celebrated on the same day – May 21st of each year.

  • ID# 1239-56-86-SP2
  • Size 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $97520% off$780
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Russian Icon - The Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist, the Forerunner of Christ

Russian Icon - The Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist, the Forerunner of Christ

Saint John the Baptist was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD who is revered as a major religious figure in Christianity, Islam, and other faiths. He is called a prophet by all of these traditions, and is honored as a saint in many Christian traditions. The Orthodox faithful believe that John was the last of the Old Testament prophets, thus serving as a bridge between that period of revelation and the New Covenant. They also teach that, following his death, John descended into Hades and there once more preached that Jesus the Messiah was coming, so he was the Forerunner of Christ in death as he had been in life. Eastern Orthodox churches will often have an icon of St. John the Baptist in a place of honor on the iconostasis, and he is frequently mentioned during the Divine Services. Every Tuesday throughout the year is dedicated to his memory.

According to the Tradition, Herod's daughter Herodias danced before Herod, who was so pleased that he offered her anything she asked for in return. When the girl asks her mother what she should request, she is told to demand the head of John the Baptist. Reluctantly, Herod orders the beheading of John, and his head is delivered to her, at her request, on a plate. (Mark 6:17–29).

  • ID# 192-1009-028-003-SP1
  • Size 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Vladimir region, possibly icon painting village of Mstyora
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled and gessoed wood
  • Price $90020% off$720
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ID# 192-1009-028-003-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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Staurotheke Icon with the Crucifixion, Mourners & Border Saints

Staurotheke Icon with the Crucifixion, Mourners & Border Saints

  • ID# 37-066-110-SP7-2
  • Size 13 3/4 x 12 1/4 in (35 x 31 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890s
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt wood with brass insert
  • Price $72520% off$580
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 37-066-110-SP7-2
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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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Small Russian Icon - Saint Svyatoslaus, Bishop of Rostov

Small Russian Icon - Saint Svyatoslaus, Bishop of Rostov

Rare subject!

  • ID# 1341-014-163-SP2
  • Size 5 1/2 x 5 inches (14 x 13 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Rostov region of Northern Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on tooled, gilt, and gessoed wood in wooden frame
  • Price $67520% off$540
  • Orthodox Cross
ID# 1341-014-163-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# 213-1009-031-124-SP1
  • Size 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (17 x 14 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Provincial Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $47520% off$380
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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# 271-043-092-SP1
  • Size 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (22 x 17 cm)
  • Age ca. 1900
  • Origin Central Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $47520% off$380
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Small Russian Icon - St. Panteleimon (Pantaleon), Unmercenary Healer & Greatmartyr

Small Russian Icon - St. Panteleimon (Pantaleon), Unmercenary Healer & Greatmartyr

Greatmartyr Panteleimon (or Pantaleon) was the Unmercenary Healer martyred under the reign of Emperor Maximian (ca. 305 A.D.). Saint Panteleimon had been educated as a physician and dedicated his life to the suffering, the sick, the unfortunate, and the needy. He treated all those who turned to him without charge, healing them in the name of Jesus Christ. He visited those held captive in prison. These were usually Christians, and he healed them of their wounds. Saint Panteleimon is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a mighty saint and the protector of soldiers. This aspect of his veneration is derived from his first name Pantaleon, which means “a lion in everything”. His second name, Panteleimon, given him at Baptism, which means “all-merciful,” manifests in the veneration of the martyr as a healer. The connection between these two aspects of the saint is readily apparent in that soldiers, receiving wounds more frequently than others, are more in need of a physician-healer. Christians waging spiritual warfare also have recourse to this saint, asking him to heal their spiritual wounds.

The holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon is invoked in the Mystery of Anointing the Sick, at the Blessing of Water, and in the Prayers for the Sick.

  • ID# 1361-18-169-SP2
  • Size 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (9 x 7 cm)
  • Age ca. 1890
  • Origin Vladimir region of Russia
  • Materials Egg tempera on gilt, tooled, and gessoed wood
  • Price $47520% off$380
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