• Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin

    A scene of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin is depicted against an architectural landscape. On the left stands the Archangel Gabriel, announcing the Good news to the Holy Virgin enthroned in the right part of the icon: "... Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God; And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus..."
  • Annunciation with St. Theodore of Tyre

    The icon is a “laconic” version of the festival iconography representing the figure of the Holy Virgin, the Archangel and a heavenly segment. Placed between Gabriel and the Mother of God, the figure of Theodor of Amasea is unique for complementing a composition with an image, not associated with the main scene, not encountered in the festival iconography.
  • Annunciation

    Archangel Gabriel with a stick is depicted to the left, blessing the Holy Virgin standing to the right, holding a skein close to her bosom.
  • Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin

    The icon in the silver setting depicts the scene of the Annunciation against an architectural background.
  • Annunciation

    Standing figures of St. Mary and the Archangel Gabriel announcing the good news are shown against an architectural background. Between them is a young girl spinning yarn.An image of the Lord Sabaoth in the upper part of the icon.
  • Annunciation

    The icon from the festival row represents the scene of the Annunciation against an architectural landscape. To the left stands the Archangel Gabriel, turning towards the Holy Virgin seated on the throne. Between them is a girl spinning yarn.
  • Our Lady of Vladimir. The Savior Not Made by Hands. The Annunciation. Selected saints. A folding icon

    The icon portraying Our Lady of Vladimir is placed inside a folding two-leaf triptych with a keeled finial. The upper part of the leaves depicts the Annunciation scene. The remaining images on the folding icon represent a sort of Deesis tier. The finial depicts an image of the Savior Not Made by Hands with the attending Mother of God and John the Baptist. On the leaves are the images of the Murom saints – princes Constantine, Michael and Feodor, Peter and Fevronia. One may suggest from these images that the folding icon was created in Murom or other town, but at the commission from a citizen of Murom. Notably, the Murom princes, in breach of the traditional hierarchy of the Deesis tier are portrayed right after the Apostles Peter and Paul and before the ecumenical and Russian saints. The left leaf represents three Russian saints – Basil the Great, George the Theologian and John the Chrysostom. The symmetrical images of Sts. Peter, Alexis and Jonah represent the traditional, for the late Middle Ages, likening of the three Muscovite Metropolitans to the three ecumenical saints.
  • Annunciation

    The icon depicts the scene of the Annunciation.On the left-the archangel Gabriel breaking the good news to the Mother of God.And on the right-the Mother of God kneeling and praying.
  • Nativity, Presentation in the Temple, Annunciation, Dormition of the Mother of God

    In the centrepiece of the icon divided into four parts there are four events of Her hagiography. Her Nativity, Presentation in the Temple, Annunciation and Dormition. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are two saints.
  • Annunciation

    In the centrepiece of the icon Archangel Gabriel is breaking the good news to the Mother of God. And above them in the heaven are the Father God sending a beam of light to the Mother of God, which is a symbol of the Immaculate Conception, and the archangel bending over him. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are the saints.
  • Diptych in the ark.The left part - the Annunciation

    The Mother of God is depicted waist-length in the upper section, below the archangel Gabriel bringing the Good News to the Mother of God.
  • Annunciation Ustyuzhskoe

    The Mother of God is portrayed in a frontal pose, with her head slightly inclined to the right and Christ Emmanuel in Her womb. Christ is represented in an erect frontal pose; he sits solemnly, with his right hand raised in blessing and his left stretched aside (the palm is missing). The Mother of God appears to be blessing Him with Her right hand, the fingers are almost touching the Child’s shoulder and the nimbus. With Her right hand she holds a red skein. To Her left stands the Archangel Gabriel, turned to the Virgin Mary and blessing Her. With his left hand he holds the measuring rod. Up in the center, in a blue semi-circle of heaven with golden stars, is the Ancient of Days seated on a red throne, with red cherubs at the foot of the throne, and slightly upward, to the left and right, red seraphim with golden rhipidia. The Ancient of Days is enclosed by a blue halo. With his left hand he holds a scroll; his right hand is raised in a benedictory gesture, emitting a blue ray towards the Theotokos.
  • Annunciation

    The icon shows archangel Gabriel stepping towards the Mother of God and holding out his right hand and the Holy Virgin listening to the Good News, Her head bowed submissively. The Mother of God holds a string of a red yarn. Architectural background is represented as a cross shaped storey construction with the dome and rectangular building with two storied ciborium with the keeled roof.
  • Annunciation

    Our Lady shown seated on the throne with the semi-circular back frightenedly turns to archangel Michael making wide step towards Her. Between the archangel and Our Lady is represented the spanning maid. In the lower part is depicted the spring looking like a fountain. Four swans come close to it (one of the swans is black, it is shown to the left).
  • Annunciation

    The icon features the Archangel Gabriel announcing the impending birth of Jesus Christ to the Theotokos.
  • Annunciation. The Archangel Gabriel (a fragment of the Holy Gates). Annunciation. The Mother of God (a fragment of the Holy Gates)

    In the oval medallions are the full-length figures of the Archangel Gabriel and the Mother of God listening to the Good News.
  • Annunciation

    To the left is the figure of the Archangel Gabriel announcing the Good News to the Theotokos upon which descends a ray coming down from the Lord Sabaoth in a segment of heaven in the upper part of the icon.
  • Annunciation

    Against the architectural background is depicted the scene Annunciation of the Mother of God. Archangel Gabriel faces the Holy Virgin sitting on the throne with the semi-circular back, turning to him. Mary is holding the purple thread in Her hands.
  • The Annunciation

    The icon from the Festival row of iconostasis. To the left is depicted the standing archangel Gabriel and the Mother of God enthroned, they are facing each other. Mary holds the purple thread in Her hands. The architectural background of the Pskov icon has a number of specific features. The foreground of the composition shows a parapet hiding the feet of the personages from the viewer instead of the traditional low arcade. The building with the protruding column behind which stands the archangel is also worth mentioning.
  • The Annunciation

    The icon from the Festival row of iconostasis. To the left is depicted archangel Gabriel announcing the Good News to Mary. The Mother of God enthroned is depicted against the background of the intricate dome building with the portico which looks like a ciborium. The chambers behind the archangel and the Mother of God are linked by the wall with a column. One more peculiarity of the icon is a strip of cloth tossed over the velum linking the buildings.
  • Annunciation

    The icon from the Festival row of iconostasis. To the left stands archangel Gabriel facing the Holy Virgin sitting on the throne turning to him. Mary is holding the purple thread in Her hands.
  • Annunciation

    From the Festival row of iconostasis. To the left is depicted the standing archangel Gabriel and the Mother of God enthroned, they are facing each other. Mary holds the purple thread in Her hands.
  • Annunciation

    Against the architectural background is depicted the scene of Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos. Archangel Gabriel faces the Mother of God sitting on the throne. In the upper part of the icon is half-figure of Sabaoth in a three-quarter turn.
  • Annunciation

    In the right part of the composition against the architectural background is the depiction of the Mother of God enthroned attired in dark-green chiton and wine red omophorion. To Her right is the depiction of archangel Gabriel in a three-quarter turn.
  • Annunciation

    John the Theologian is shown sitting with an open Gospel on his lap. His right hand is held at his lips. Behind his shoulder is the figure of an angel. Depictions of a lion – the symbol of Mark the Evangelist and an eagle as the symbol of John the Evangelist are very uncommon for this icon type.