Modest, Kirykos and Julitta, Sts.
Iconography: Modest, Saint, Archbishop of Jerusalem, Кирик и Иулитта, мученики
Date: XVII century. Late 17th century
Origin: From the church commemorating Saint Nicholas (1673) in the village of Dimitrievo, Cherepovetskiy district, Novgorodskaya region (now Cherepovetskiy district, Vologodskaya region)
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 116 cm, width 92 cm
The icon shows large full-length depictions of St. Modest and St. Julitta Between them is the small figure of Julitta’s son – St. Kirykos holding a cross in his hands and facing Christ Pantocrator represented in the quadrant in the upper part of the icon.
Was deposited in 1978.
Restoration: МежСНРПМ, 1980, restorers – Mitrofanov V.A., Veselov S.B.
nv. №5563/4. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 74 (Илл. 75).
General view
St. Modest. Fragment
St. Modest. Fragment
St. Julitta. Fragment
St. Julitta. Fragment