Antique Orthodox Icon with 3 Saints on Gilded Tempera Wooden Board

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Unique object of Orthodox culture.
It is represented by full-length, frontal images of three saints in vestments – Basil the … Read more Unique object of Orthodox culture.
It is represented by full-length, frontal images of three saints in vestments – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom with the Gospels in their hands. Everyone's right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing.
All three saints are great hierarchs, authors of liturgical texts, teachers of the Church, outstanding theologians and preachers of their time, the most revered in the countries of the Christian world.

Date: 17-18th century,
Dimensions: H - 34cm / 13.4 in
W -26.5 cm / 10.2 in
Condition: There are traces of long-term existence in the form of scuffs. See less