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Icon nb 97a
Size : 60 x 44 cm.
Linden board
Gilded haloes and background. Egg tempera.
We see Saint Mary lying on her death bed, surrounded by angels and saints. Above her body stands her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In His hands is a small child covered in white clothes which represents the soul of Mary. She carried her Son into this life, and Her Son in turn carries her into eternal life. This is the privilege that awaits all Christians who carry Christ in their lives.
Three bishops in episcopal attire are shown here and are traditionally said to be St Timothy, Hierotheus, and Dionysius the Areopagite (who provided the first written account of the Dormition in the second century). At the feet of St Mary’s bed, we see St Paul who bows low in honour of her |
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Icon nb 97b
Size : 40 x 30 cm.
Linden board
Gilded haloes and background. Egg tempera.
St Peter is shown censing the body of the Theotokos. to convey that he was the leader of the Apostles and the fledgling church. This depiction of St Paul and St Peter on the right and left show the Christian understanding of how these two apostles were the pillars of the Church.
John the Evangelist who took care of the Holy Virgin after the death and ascension of the Lord Jesus, is often shown as leaning on the body of the Theotokos.
This Dormition icons show the apostles with angels in the clouds. This is depicted to remind us of how the Apostles were miraculously brought to Jerusalem by the Holy Spirit from the ends of the earth just before St Mary’s death.
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