Cyril of Belozersk, the Venerable

Iconography:  Cyril of Belozersk, St.

Date: XVI century.

Origin: From the church commemorating the Decapitation of John the Precurser in the village of Kirillovskiye Tanishcha, Belozersky district, Novgorodskaya region (now small town Stariy Pogost near the village of Oseki, Kaduysky district of the Vologodskaya region).

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 43 cm, width 32 cm

The icon in the metal casing. Full-length depiction of the blessing Venerable Cyril of Belozersk with the scroll in his left hand.

Was deposited in 1931.

Restoration: ВХПО им. Вучетича, 1992, restorer is unknown.

Inv. №658/3. © Cherepovets Museum Association.

Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 36 (Илл. 37).

  • General view
  • Cyril of Belozersk. Fragment
  • Face of the saint