Tag: POKROFF

A. Vassilieff, POKROFF ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD; 1 Russian Icon, with footnotes #10

Dec 30, 2020

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Zaidan Art Blog

in Icons, Religious Art

The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches which commemorates the “falling asleep” or death of Mary the Theotokos (“Mother of God”, literally translated as God-bearer), and her bodily resurrection before being taken up into heaven. More on POKROFF ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD…