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The icon shows a shoulder-length image of John the Baptist. -
John the Baptist. -
The icon from the Deesis row. John the Baptist is shown as a hermit wearing a goat-skin under himation. He holds an unfolded scroll symbolizing his call for penance, prophesy of the nearing Judgment Day and the Kingdom of Heaven. -
From the Deesis tier of the iconostasis. The full-length figure of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. -
Crucifixion with four standing saints and four icons of the Holy Virgin
In the center of the icon is the Crucifixion, in the top and lower corners are four icons of the Mother of God: The Mother of God of Tenderness toward Evil Hearts, The Exaction of the Perished People, Virgin the Deliverance of sufferers from misfortunes, Virgin the Consoler of sorrowing people. The crucifixion is flanked by saint Mary, Martha, John the Baptist and St. Longinus the Martyr. On the borders are the figures of an angel, Nicholas the Wonderworker and saint martyr Alexandra. -
The full-length figure of the saint holding a scroll with his right hind. -
The full-length figure of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. -
From the Deesis tier of the iconostasis. The full-length figure of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. -
The icon from the Deesis row represents the full-length figure of John the Baptist wearing camel skins, with a scroll in his hand. The lower part represents the scenes of The Presentation of the Angel to Zachariah, Herod’s Feast, The Nativity of John the Bapits, The Decapitation of John the Baptist. -
The icon from the Deesis row. The saint is portrayed full-length. John is shown wearing milot (mantle) and chiton, his right hand is raised in blessing in a prophetic gesture, in his right hand he holds a scroll. -
An icon from the Deesis tier. The full-length figure of John the Baptist in prayer. -
Our Lady breastfeeding the Divine Child is depicted waist-length. On Her head the Mother of God wears the crown supported by two angels.In the lower section of the icon the saints- St.Nicholas the Miracleworker and St.John the Precurser are depicted waist-length on the medallions. -
Diptych in the ark. The right part - the Synaxis of the archangel Michael
St.John the Baptist is depicted waist-length in the upper section, below is the composition showing unanimous glorification of God, the Creator and the Saviour, by the angels. In the centre Jesus Christ is sitting, his halo is surrounded by the powers of the heaven. -
The full-length figure of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. The color solution of the Deesis row is based on the typical Novgorodian three-color scheme – red, green and yellow. The images are noted for internal expression, though more powerful shapes gave way to slim proportions. -
The full-length figure of the John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. -
The half-length figure of John the Baptist holding an unfolded scroll. -
John the Baptist, full length image
The icon of John the Baptist from the Deesis row of the iconostais, along with an icon of the Mother of God, is the first pair of figures standing before Christ the Savior Enthroned. John the Baptist is portrayed with bushy hair and a beard, austere dark face, dressed in sheepskins and a himation.
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A full-length icon of John the Baptist with a scroll and a chalice in his hands. In the chalice lies the Infant Christ, to which points the saint. -
Waist-length depiction of John the Baptist attired in the mantle, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing while his left hand is holding a scroll and the holy spear with the cross. The borders show the figures of reverend John the Climacus and Theodore Stratelates. -
In the lower tier are represented John the Baptist as the angel of the desert and prophet Solomon full-length. In the keeled roof is depicted half-figure of prophet Isaac with unfolded scroll in his hands. -
In the lower tier is shown the full-length depiction of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. In the upper tier is represented the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. -
The shoulder-length depiction of John the Baptist in the mantle. -
The icon from the Deesis row of Iconostasis. The depiction of John the Baptist full-length in a three-quarter turn. Is a part of the “Intercession tier” the style and colors of which may be traced back to the northern branch of the Rostov iconographic tradition. The icons are painted graphically, its colors and silhouettes are quite exquisite. -
The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. The depiction of John the Baptist full-length in a three-quarter turn. -
Nicholas the Wonderworker (Velikoretsk icon), the saint, with the Selected Saints on the borders
Shoulder-length depiction of Nicholas the Wonderworker with the omophorion decorated with the crosses on his shoulders. Saints on the borders: John the Precurser, Venerable Zosima, st. Theodotus, on the right border – Venerable Cyril of Belozersk, Sabbatius of Solovki, Cyril of Novoezersk. -
Full-length depiction of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. -
The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. Full-length depiction of John the Baptist in a three-quarter turn. He is depicted with the nude legs, his right hand raised up, dressed in the mantle and the himation. -
The icon depicts John the Baptist, saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and reverend Zosimus and Sabbatius of Solovki. In the upper part of the icon is represented Our Lady “the Incarnation”. -
Waist-length depiction of John the Baptist from the Deesis row of iconostasis. -
From the Deesis tier. -
Vladimir icon of the Mother of God with the Selected Saints
Apparently, this icon is a copy of the venerated relic of the Rostov Cathedral. The center of the upper border shows the scene of Transfiguration of Our Lord and at its sides are the waist-length depictions of bowing archangels Michael and Gabriel in the aureoles. On the right and on the left borders are shown the figures of the selected saints according to the hierarchy.There are prophet John the Forerunner and apostle Paul, apostles Peter and John the Theologian, saints Nicholas and Alexis, saint warriors Theodore of Tyre and Theodore Stratelates, martyresses Tatiana and Anastasia.
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Waist-length depiction of John the Forerunner in a three-quarter turn. -
In the centerpiece is shown waist-length depiction of John the Forerunner with the folded scroll in his left hand, while his right hand is raised at the level of the chest. The centerpiece is surrounded by 16 scenes of his life. -
The icon from the Deesis tier. Full-length depiction of John the Forerunner in the three-quarter turn.
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John the Baptist is shown full-length wearing a mantle, with an unrolled scroll in hand, against a landscape background.
