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Crucifiction, from St. Catherine
The Ran Collection
This is the icon from St. Catherine Monastery, Sinai, Egypt. The gallery of the monastery obtains of 150 icons representing a unique collection as well as an exceptional spiritual, historical, and art value. 12 very rare and very old icons are written with wax paints and belong to 6 century.
...And then they came to a place called Golgotha.
According to tradition, the crucifixion of Jesus took place over the burial spot of Adam’s skull. Jesus, the second Adam, died over the first Adam. Jesus found himself as man to be in solidarity with Adam and Eve and all their sons and daughters. And so, at the time of his death, he went to the place of the dead. He had lived out his human life to its proper end, and all that was left for him to do was to follow Adam to Hades. He had taken upon himself the ramifications of Adam’s sin. He said yes to God, yes to God’s justice.
Centurion Longin saw the terrible events that accompanied the agony and death of Jesus Christ, believed in him as the Son of God. On the icon centurion Longin is on the right of the cross, standing after the crying John the Divine. St. John was the one whom crucified Jesus entrusted the care of Mary, the Virgin. On the left side of the cross is the Mother of God, followed by Three Mary. Mother of God is in the center of female group. Her posture and her face expressing inconsolable grief. The iconographers of ancient times, and Western European and Byzantine artists painted Crucifiction with the same number of nails - of four, that is, each arm and leg of the Savior were nailed by individual nail. But with the XII century in the West Jesus' feet were shown crossed over one another and with just one nail. This circumstance quickly turned into one of the significant differences Orthodox and Catholic Crucifixion.
The replica from the icon of St. Catherine Monastery is made by Kartin Schwarz in 2007. At the back of the wooden board can be found the logo of St. Catherine Monastery and the certificate "Byzantine Art". The icon is sanctified in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the Church of Resurrection), one of the holiest places in the world for Christians, who come here for 2000 years to visit the place where Jesus of Nazareth died, was buried, and rose back.
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| Hand painted, oil on wood, 7x81/2" |
$380.00 |
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