Menas, martyr, with the posthumous miracles

Iconography:  Menas, St., Hagiographic cycle of Mines of Egypt

Date: XVI century. Second half of the 16th century

Origin: From the Voskresensky Goritsky nuns’ convent, Kirillovsky district of the Novgorodskaya province (now village Goritsy in the Kirillovsky district, Vologodskaya region). The convent was founded in 1544 by princess Euphrosyne Staritskaya (monastic name – Eudocia).

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 130 cm, width 104 cm

The centerpiece shows the full-length depiction of martyr Menas holding a sword and a spear in his hands.

Border scenes:

1. Return of saint’s relics to the motherland

2-3. The miracle of raising the strangled merchant

4-5. The miracle of Eutropius who promised the dish to the church of St.Menas

6. The miracle of rescuing the woman named Sophia from the warrior

7. The miracle of healing the lame and the dumb

8. The miracle of the Samaritan Aphrakia

9. The miracle of the conversion of the Hellene

10-11. The miracle of the Jew and the Christian

12. The miracle of the rich Hellene and the poor widow

13. The miracle of the promised camels

14. The miracle of the contributed firewood

15. The miracle of the healing the demon-possessed

16. The miracle of the taming the wild boar

Was deposited in 1930.

Restoration: the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 1979-1983, restorer – Prigorodova O.A.

Inv. №560/6. © Cherepovets Museum Association.

Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. С. 19, кат. № 27.

  • General view
  • Mullion
  • Miracle of Samaritan Afrakia