Modest and Blasius, Sts., with scenes from St. Modest’s life

Iconography: Blaise of Sebastia, St., Modest, Saint, Archbishop of Jerusalem, Modest hagiographic cycle

Date: XVIII century. 1777

Origin: From the church commemorating the Transfiguration of Our Lord in the village of Borisoglebskoye at the bank of the Irma river, Cherepovetsky district, Novgorodskaya region (now Sheksninsky district, Vologodskaya region).

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions: height 117 cm, width 85 cm

In the centerpiece are shown full-length depictions of saints Blasius and Modest facing Christ Emmanuel.

Inscription on the lower border: ЛЕТА7285 (1777) ГОДУ ДЕБРЯ […] ДНЯ БЕЛОЗЕРСКАГО […] НА[Д]ПОРО[Ж]СКАГО СТАНУ ИРДЕМСКОЙ ВОЛОСТИ НАПИСАЛИ СЕЙ С[ВЯ]ТЫЙ ОБРА[З] С[ВЯ]ТАГО О[Т]ЦА НАШЕГО МЕДОСТА ПАТРИАРХА ИЕР[О]САЛИ[МС]КАГО И С[ВЯ]ТАГО СВ[Я]ЩЕННОМУЧЕНИКА ВЛАСИЯ И ПРО[…]СНЫ[Ж] О УГО[Д]НИКОВ И ПИСАЛЪ СЕЙ С[ВЯ]ТОЙ ОБРА[З] ПО ОБЕЩАНИЮ ТОГО[Ж] СЕЛА ИРМЫ ДВОРЯНИ[Н] О[Т]СТАВНОЙ КАПРАЛЪ […]КСИТА КИПРИЯНОВЪ […]КУЛИ[Н] И С ПРОЧИМИ ПРИХО[Д]СКИМ ЛЮ[ДОМ] В Ц[Е]РКОВЬ ВСЕМИЛ[ОС]ТИВАГО СП[А]СА И С[ВЯ]ТЫХ БЛАГОВЕРНЫ[Х КНЯЗЕЙ] БОРИСА И ГЛЕБА ЕГО[Ж] ПАМЕТЬ УВЕРИМЪ СЕГО ДЕКАБРЯ 31 ДНЯ

Border scenes:

1. Nativity of St. Modest

2. Baptism of St. Modest

3. Eustathius being led to tsar Aukubius

4. Blessed Modest is being fed

5. St. Modest is brought to Asimianus

6. Theodulia and Modest visit Eustathius in the dungeon

7. St. Modest heals the sick people

8. John the Theologian and John the “Goldenmouth”,

9. John the Warrior and St. George

10. Various miracles worked by a prayer to God

11. Eusebius is being put in the dungeon

12. St. Modest is being sent down the river, healing and being ordained a hegumen of Sinai

13. Healing the cattle

14. Exorcism of the demon

15. St. Modest being ordained a patriarch

16. St. Modest conducts the Divine Lithurgy

Was deposited in 1931.

Restoration: the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 1994, restorer – Tsirul G.V.

Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. Кат. № 86 (Илл. 87).

General view
Mullion
St. Modest
St. Blasius and Christ Emmanuel
Nativity of St. Modest; Baptism of St. Modest; Eustathius being led to tsar Aukubius; St. Modest is brought to Asimianus; Blessed Modest is being fed
Theodulia and Modest visit Eustathius in the dungeon; John the Theologian and John the “Goldenmouth”
St. Modest heals the sick people; John the Warrior and St. George
Various miracles worked by a prayer to God; St. Modest is being sent down the river, healing and being ordained a hegumen of Sinai
Healing the cattle
Exorcism of the demon; St. Modest being ordained a patriarch
Eusebius is being put in the dungeon; St. Modest conducts the Divine Lithurgy

Modest and Blasius, Sts., with scenes from St. Modest’s life

General view

Mullion

St. Modest

St. Blasius and Christ Emmanuel

Nativity of St. Modest; Baptism of St. Modest; Eustathius being led to tsar Aukubius; St. Modest is brought to Asimianus; Blessed Modest is being fed

Theodulia and Modest visit Eustathius in the dungeon; John the Theologian and John the “Goldenmouth”

St. Modest heals the sick people; John the Warrior and St. George

Various miracles worked by a prayer to God; St. Modest is being sent down the river, healing and being ordained a hegumen of Sinai

Healing the cattle

Exorcism of the demon; St. Modest being ordained a patriarch

Eusebius is being put in the dungeon; St. Modest conducts the Divine Lithurgy