The monk and the holy fool , c. 1940
Oil on canvas
105 x 97 cm. (41.3 x 38.2 in.)
Private collection
Blessed Laurence, Fool-for-Christ and Kaluga Wonderworker, lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century at the distance of 533 meters from old Kaluga, the name comes from Old Russian kaluga — “bog, quagmire”, near a forest church in honor of the Nativity of Christ, set upon a high hill. During the period of Tartar raids Kaluga was the western end of the Oka bank defense line…
Zaidan Gallery 
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