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The Theotokos of Tolga (Russian: Толгская икона Божией Матери) is a Russian Orthodox icon representing the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus Christ. The Theotokos of Tolga , named after the Tolga river in Yaroslavl , is known in three copies created between the end of the 13th [ 1 ] and the beginning of the 14th century.
The status of Mary as Theotokos was a topic of theological dispute in the 4th and 5th centuries and was the subject of the decree of the Council of Ephesus of 431 to the effect that, in opposition to those who denied Mary the title Theotokos ("the one who gives birth to God") but called her Christotokos ("the one who gives birth to Christ ...
A simple Italian Virgin and Child by Carlo Crivelli, c. 1470. Virgin and Child or Madonna and Child or Mary and Child usually refers to artistic depictions of Mary and Child Jesus together, as part of both Catholic and Orthodox church traditions, and very notably in the Marian art in the Catholic Church. The various different names are ...
Version of the Theotokos of Smolensk by Dionisius (c. 1500) 12th-century plaque found in Torcello Cathedral; a full-length figure like the original in Constantinople. A Hodegetria, [a] or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind.
The 11th century Theotokos Panachranta is from Svensky Monastery. With the Theotokos are SS Anthony and Theodosius of Kiev. It is popularly attributed to the most celebrated icon-painter of Kievan Rus, St. Alypius from the Kiev Pechersk Monastery and is possibly modeled on a mosaic from the central conch of the Assumption Cathedral in the ...
The icon is a variant of the icon of "Our Lady of Nicea", also known as “Your Womb Becomes the Holy Table.” [1] The difference between the two is that the Nicean icon shows the Theotokos with Her head inclined to one side, sometimes with eyes downcast, [2] whereas She is depicted in the "Inexhaustible Chalice" icon with Her head straight ...
The Holy Icon of Holiness Pephaneromeni Theotokos Lefkada (also known by the nicknames "Panagia Phaneromeni" or "Kyra Phaneromeni") is a sacred relic and work of art from the 19th century. [1] This is one of the famous icons of the Theotokos that is kept in the Holy Monastery Phaneromeni of Lefkada.
Theotokos of St. Theodore from Russian Icons museum [6] Russia: 1850: Wood, Primer, Tempera: Unknown: Russian Icons museum: Theotokos of St. Theodore from Russian Icons museum: Theotokos of St. Theodore from Tsarskoye Selo [7] Russia, Moscow, iconographer is Nemirov-Kolodkin's workroom: 1903, [8] Begin of 20th century: Wood, Tempera, Silver ...