Small Byzantine Icon Theotokos Virgin Mary of Kazan Wood Silvery Oklad
Small Byzantine Orthodox icon Theotokos Virgin Mary of Kazan, Russian Greek icon with silvery metal oklad
"Our Virgin Lady of Kazan" [also "Kazanskaya", "Virgin Mary of Kazan", "Theotokos of Kazan"].
Mixed media: giclee, original paint and varnish on wood with metal oklad. The backside of the board is also varnished.
The oklad is manually forged out of silvery metal. It is attached to the board with fine brass nails, 4.1/4" x 5.1/8"; c. 1/2" thick, (11cm x 13cm x 1cm). The picture hanger is forged out of silvery metal and is attached with two aluminum nails. Very good condition.
Certifications of Authenticity will be included upon buyers request.
The icons of "Our Lady of Kazan" are traditionally small, following the miraculous original (27 x 22.5 cm). An iconographic variant of the Hodegitria, it is mainly noted for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest-length.
The miraculous original, unearthed in Kazan on July 8/21, 1579, after the Virgin thrice appeared in prophetic dreams to a little girl Matrona and told her the spot where secret Christians had buried Her image before the Russian victory over Muslim Kazan.
In the same year 1579, the exact painted copy of this icon was sent to Moscow to Russian Tzar Ivan the IV [the Terrible].
In 1612, the miraculous icon was brought from Kazan to Moscow by the Russian army, which delivered Moscow from Polish occupiers. This success was ascribed to the intercession of Our Lady of Kazan. Until 1633, the original miraculous icon was located in the private Lubanka residence of Russian commander, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. In 1633, he handed over the icon to the newly built Kazan Cathedral of Moscow.
In early 18th century, Emperor Peter I, the Great transferred the copy painted for Tzar Ivan IV to the newly built Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
The miraculous icon was considered to protect the Romanov dynasty, and became one of Russia's best-worshiped holy images during its reign. Russians venerated three images of The Kazan icon: One in Kazan Cathedral in Kazan; Moscow Kazan Cathedral and St. Petersburg Kazan Cathedral. Apparently, the original wonder-working icon was located in the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow. This icon disappeared in 1918, before the destruction of the cathedral by the Communists.
The icon which was venerated in Kazan-city and stolen and apparently destroyed in 1904, was probably a copy. [Prince Pozharsky brought the original icon to Moscow in 1612].
Our Lady of Kazan is commemorated twice a year - July 8/21, the day it was found, and October 22/November 4, the day of Moscow's deliverance. On these days the liturgical processions with the icon were established: from the Dormition Cathedral of the Kremlin to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan on the Red Square (1636), which was the abode of the miracle-working icon. Like the Hodegitia of Constantinople, the Kazan icon was bearing in solemn processions along the city walls as a major protectress of Moscow.
"The painter’s goal is to represent a spiritual image and harmony. This is achievable only to some extend, than the icons are painted on earth- not in heaven. The icon writing requires calmness and meditation, because the spiritual condition of the icon-writer is always present in the completed icon. Therefore, the main task of the icon-writer is collecting positive energies, love, faith, hope and trust. All this will be revealed in the completed icon.
The icons are created for contemplation, which activates individual contact with spiritual reality and the saint represented in the icon. Therefore, each of us develops a very individual relationship to any particular icon" - [the icon painter]
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US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $14.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) -- $32.50
World: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $44.50
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Small Byzantine Orthodox icon Theotokos Virgin Mary of Kazan, Russian Greek icon with silvery metal oklad
"Our Virgin Lady of Kazan" [also "Kazanskaya", "Virgin Mary of Kazan", "Theotokos of Kazan"].
Mixed media: giclee, original paint and varnish on wood with metal oklad. The backside of the board is also varnished.
The oklad is manually forged out of silvery metal. It is attached to the board with fine brass nails, 4.1/4" x 5.1/8"; c. 1/2" thick, (11cm x 13cm x 1cm). The picture hanger is forged out of silvery metal and is attached with two aluminum nails. Very good condition.
Certifications of Authenticity will be included upon buyers request.
The icons of "Our Lady of Kazan" are traditionally small, following the miraculous original (27 x 22.5 cm). An iconographic variant of the Hodegitria, it is mainly noted for the Child standing, with the Virgin chest-length.
The miraculous original, unearthed in Kazan on July 8/21, 1579, after the Virgin thrice appeared in prophetic dreams to a little girl Matrona and told her the spot where secret Christians had buried Her image before the Russian victory over Muslim Kazan.
In the same year 1579, the exact painted copy of this icon was sent to Moscow to Russian Tzar Ivan the IV [the Terrible].
In 1612, the miraculous icon was brought from Kazan to Moscow by the Russian army, which delivered Moscow from Polish occupiers. This success was ascribed to the intercession of Our Lady of Kazan. Until 1633, the original miraculous icon was located in the private Lubanka residence of Russian commander, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. In 1633, he handed over the icon to the newly built Kazan Cathedral of Moscow.
In early 18th century, Emperor Peter I, the Great transferred the copy painted for Tzar Ivan IV to the newly built Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
The miraculous icon was considered to protect the Romanov dynasty, and became one of Russia's best-worshiped holy images during its reign. Russians venerated three images of The Kazan icon: One in Kazan Cathedral in Kazan; Moscow Kazan Cathedral and St. Petersburg Kazan Cathedral. Apparently, the original wonder-working icon was located in the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow. This icon disappeared in 1918, before the destruction of the cathedral by the Communists.
The icon which was venerated in Kazan-city and stolen and apparently destroyed in 1904, was probably a copy. [Prince Pozharsky brought the original icon to Moscow in 1612].
Our Lady of Kazan is commemorated twice a year - July 8/21, the day it was found, and October 22/November 4, the day of Moscow's deliverance. On these days the liturgical processions with the icon were established: from the Dormition Cathedral of the Kremlin to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan on the Red Square (1636), which was the abode of the miracle-working icon. Like the Hodegitia of Constantinople, the Kazan icon was bearing in solemn processions along the city walls as a major protectress of Moscow.
"The painter’s goal is to represent a spiritual image and harmony. This is achievable only to some extend, than the icons are painted on earth- not in heaven. The icon writing requires calmness and meditation, because the spiritual condition of the icon-writer is always present in the completed icon. Therefore, the main task of the icon-writer is collecting positive energies, love, faith, hope and trust. All this will be revealed in the completed icon.
The icons are created for contemplation, which activates individual contact with spiritual reality and the saint represented in the icon. Therefore, each of us develops a very individual relationship to any particular icon" - [the icon painter]
Note:
Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority shipping may not be available to all countries.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $14.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) -- $32.50
World: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $44.50
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