RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON: SAINT ARCHANGEL MICHAEL ANGEL OF APOCALYPSE

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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON: SAINT ARCHANGEL MICHAEL ANGEL OF APOCALYPSE:
$164.44

The image of Michael as the Angel of the LastJudgment may be explained by the Bible endowing him with an apocalyptic mission(And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon;and the dragon fought and his angels. Rev. 12.7) and by his popularity amongthe peasant laity and in the folk Russian culture. According to Orthodox Churchteachings, all the powers of Heaven will gather at the moment of the SecondComing of Christ and the Last Judgment: “when the Son of man shall come in Hisglory, and all the holy Angels with Him...” (Matt. 25:31).

The feastof the Counsel of Archstrateg Michael and other Bodiless Heavenly Powers is on8 (21) November. Another feast is on 6 (19) September.

Thismodern Russian Orthodox Icon was painted by a modern professional church artistat the Russian town Rybinsk (not far from Moscow)that is one of the main and old centers of the Russian icon painting.

Theicon was painted on a wooden board covered with levkas (gesso, specialpriming). The halo and the margins were hand engraved. It was painted then withegg tempera and gold paints that use the small parts of leaf gold. The style istraditional and strictly follows antique canons of the icon painting.

There are two originalwooden wedges at the back to prevent the board from warping.

Size = 11.4x9.4x0.7(29x24x1.8 cm). Weight = 528 gr.

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