Contemporary Icons (Xth Century)
Gorëme, Cappadocia
Agia Sophia, Constantinople
Ara-Caeli, Rome
King Abgar, Sinai
Byzantine art
Contemporary art
Effigy of St John Chrysostom, Agia Sophia, Constantinople.
944 - St Elijah, Kiev.
Gospel of Mount Athos.
963 - Church of Lavra, Mount Athos.
Wall paintings of David-Garedja, Ateni and Gelati, Georgia.
First Armenian paintings (frescoes and miniatures).
Icon of St Philip and St Nicolas, Sinaï.
Menologion of Basile II, Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica.
Wall painting of Castelseprio, Lombardia.
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910 - Fondation of Cluny.
949 - 979 St Philibert of Tournus.
950 - Wall paintings of St Michael, Le Puy en Velay (France).
Ottonian paintings.
Wall paintings of St Georges of Oberzell (Reicheneau).
981 - Consecration of Cluny.
Mozarabian miniatures: Apocalypse of Beatus.
Political context
Life of the Church
901 - Alliance of Byzance with Magyars.
912 - 959 Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos
945 - Domination of the Bouyides in Baghdad.
956 - Otto I.
961 - Byzantine reconquest of Crete.
963 - Reign of Nikephoros Phokas. Reconquest of Cilicie and Cyprus. Conquest of Syria.
969 - Nikephoros Phokas assassinated.
973 - Annexation of Eastern Bulgaria.
976 - Reign of Basile II.
988 - Baptism of the Russians (Vladimir of Kiev).
999 - Basile II conquers Georgia.
907 - Schism in Eastern Church.
. Important monastic foundations: Mount Athos, Backovo, Patmos, Cappadocia.
961 - Evangelization of the Slavs.
988 - Conversion of Russia to Christianity.
Spiritual life
St Symeon the New Theologian was born in 917
St Athanasios of Athos was born in 920