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Large icon of Saint Nicholas painted in 1294 for the Lipno Church. Saint Nicholas is a popular subject portrayed on Eastern Orthodox icons, particularly Russian and Serbian ones. He is depicted as an Orthodox bishop, wearing the omophorion and holding a Gospel Book. Sometimes he is depicted wearing the Eastern Orthodox mitre, sometimes he is ...
There is a historical plaque on the wall beside the entrance gate. Every year, on the saint's feast day, May 17, a small group of people gathers at the grave site to offer prayers in remembrance of St. Nicholas of Sofia. The traditional icon of the saint shows him dressed as a Roman soldier with a red cape signifying spiritual warfare and ...
Three years after Nicholas' death, archbishop Bisantius of Trani commissioned the building of a new cathedral dedicated to Nicholas and asked in 1098/99 while participating in the Lateran council Pope Urban II for his permission for the sanctification of Nicholas. [4] Trani Cathedral is dedicated to him, and he is the patron saint of the city. [7]
The icons on the iconostasis were painted between 1841 and 1842 by the famous 19th-century Serbian painter Petar Čortanović. The church also houses a rich collection of rare icons, church furniture, old printed books from the 18th century, and registers of births, marriages, and deaths from the 18th to the 20th century.
Icon of Our Lady of Tambov (1695) [14] [15] The miraculous apparition of St. Nicholas at the First Ecumenical Council (325) [7] [note 9] The Wonderworking icon of St. Nicholas the Drenched of St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev. [7] Name Day of Royal Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas II (1918)
Church of St. Nicholas (Serbian: Црква светог Николе) in Sibač is Serbian Orthodox church in Vojvodina, Serbia. The church was built in the second half of the 18th century. [ 1 ] The iconostasis , created in the first half of the 18th century, was brought to Sibač from the Lower Church in Sremski Karlovci and adapted to the ...
The partly deteriorated icon of the patron saint is placed above the entrance and dates to 1702. The facades are divided into two nearly equal sections by a brick string course. The latter, composed of two rows of brick, resembles saw teeth. Both upper and lower facades are decorated with arches.
This category relates to religious Eastern Orthodox icons, icon painting, and icon painters. Subcategories. ... (St. George church, Struga) Stroganov school; T.