"Cossack Team" - Pyanova

"Cossack Team" - Pyanova"Cossack Team" by Daniel Pyanov captures the spirit and energy of Cossack life the horses, the riders, the sense of freedom and martial pride that defined this distinctive culture on the Russian steppe. This fine art print from Damascene Gallery celebrates the Cossack tradition so closely intertwined with Russian Orthodox faith and identity.

The Mother of God "Of the Sign" is depicted in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition

From the great Novgorod school of medieval Russian iconography

This image of the Savior carries the distinctive character of the Yaroslavl school: a bold

pierced the side of Christ with his lance

a pagan official who converted after witnessing the courage of Christian martyrs

ethereal style gives this image of the holy hierarch a quality of lightness and spiritual transcendence perfectly suited to a saint who combined ecclesiastical leadership with deep personal holiness

and wrote the Pastoral Rule that guided bishops for centuries — is executed in the Jordanville Russian tradition

settling on the banks of the Volkhov River

The holy martyrs Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia — a husband and wife venerated together as patrons of Christian marriage — are depicted in this modern Russian icon

The icon of the Mother of God of Korsun is one of the most ancient Theotokos types in the Russian tradition

This quality icon from Damascene Gallery honors his memory

has become an iconic image of old Moscow and a treasure of Russian art