The Mother of God, "Theodore"

The Mother of God, "Theodore"The Mother of God "Theodore" (Feodorovskaya) is depicted in this mounted icon one of the most venerated ancient Theotokos icons of Russia, before which the Romanov dynasty took its vow of royal service in 1613 and which remains a beloved image of the Theotokos for Russian Orthodox Christians throughout the world. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

Their willingness to follow Christ in the way of the Cross rather than seek political power has made them enduring models of Christian humility and sacrifice in the Russian tradition

and is a treasured example of the Russian iconographic tradition

whose lives embodied the theological vision of the Eastern Church

while distinct in style from Byzantine and Russian schools

the Holy Forerunner and Prophet

The Old Believer tradition's reverence for canonical compositional forms gives this image of the prince-saint a solemnity befitting one who defended both his people and his faith

who fearlessly proclaimed truth before earthly power

this modern Russian icon of the Archangel Michael presents the great captain of the heavenly armies with regal dignity

This pre-20th-century Moscow-school icon presents two Basils of the Orthodox Church — St Basil the Great

or individual with devotion to the great Archangel

Alexis the Man of God — the Roman nobleman who abandoned wealth and family to live as a beggar for Christ

This pre-20th-century example in the Novgorod tradition presents the Lord with the characteristic bold simplicity and spiritual directness of that school