Calendar of The Month of August with The Evangelists, handmade Russian icon. Middle 19th Century SILVER & ENAMEL MOUNTED WOOD CROSS

Calendar of The Month of August with The Evangelists, handmade Russian icon. Middle 19th Century SILVER & ENAMEL MOUNTED WOOD CROSSCalendar of The Month of August icon, along with the four Evangelists displayed on the four corners. Handmade Russian icon, middle 19th C. (1860 1880) The icon is in very good condition. It is made in four different levels, First wood, second canvas, third gold leaf and fourth the painting level. Size: 31x26 cm, 12. 2x10. 2 inch. The icon displays the Nativity of the Mother of God, the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple, the Old Testament

it was highly popular and widely produced in the Roman Empire

50 the diameter of the Base and 4 for the Pillar cm

The Ark is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments

Icon of Palm Sunday

The icon eventually was taken out of Russia for safety by a Russian Orthodox bishop from Kolka parish and later Bishop of Riga - John (Garklāvs) of Chicago

Michael killing the Devil

Each measuring 8

Size: height= 11

The Christ-child

The Feast of the Transfiguration has been celebrated in the Eastern church since at least the 6th century and it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy

usually headed by Peter and John – both Apostles being described as “pillars of the Church” by the Fathers

Jesus' suffering and redemptive death by crucifixion are the central aspects of Christian theology concerning the doctrines of salvation and atonement