Greek icon of the XVIII c. with the view of the monastery of Christ Pantocrator on Mount Athos
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The great collection of the Moscow Historical Museum posseses an
unique, never published befor, a greek icon that we refer to the middle of the
the XVIII c. There are some historical characters and the trustwortningly
drown architectural ensemble of the monastery of Christ Pantocrator on
Mount Athos — the type of “loca sancta”. For the Greek standards this
type of icon is very rare. We can see on the icon two brothers—fonders of
the monastery (Stratopedarche Alexis and Great Primikirij John) and St.
Callistos I a Patriarch from Constantinople. They lived in XIV c. Among
the other bystandings the most important are two Patriarchs: Constantinople’s Anfim II (1623) and Pecz’s Paisios II (about 1755). History left us
nothing about the last character and perhaps it is his “portrait”.
unique, never published befor, a greek icon that we refer to the middle of the
the XVIII c. There are some historical characters and the trustwortningly
drown architectural ensemble of the monastery of Christ Pantocrator on
Mount Athos — the type of “loca sancta”. For the Greek standards this
type of icon is very rare. We can see on the icon two brothers—fonders of
the monastery (Stratopedarche Alexis and Great Primikirij John) and St.
Callistos I a Patriarch from Constantinople. They lived in XIV c. Among
the other bystandings the most important are two Patriarchs: Constantinople’s Anfim II (1623) and Pecz’s Paisios II (about 1755). History left us
nothing about the last character and perhaps it is his “portrait”.
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