Odessa Iconographers: Archimandrite Zinon

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In Vienna, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, new murals of the famous Russian icon painter Archimandrite Zinon (Theodore). This - the event is not only the church, but also general cultural values.

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Vienna - city of amazing architecture and beautiful music. Here intertwined all styles and periods: classical, baroque, Art Nouveau. Diverse prichudliv and unique character of Viennese houses, palaces, temples and parks. This architectural polyphony - though visible expression of the Viennese music. But there is a temple in this city, unlike the others - is a Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, built in 1899 in neo-Russian style. Cathedral this fabulous outfit: a red-brick walls are decorated with white stone details and polychrome tiles, a tent with a golden dome soars high into the sky. In 2003, under the leadership of Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria in the cathedral began extensive restoration work. And in 2006, invited the Lord here Russia's famous icon painter Archimandrite Zinon (Theodore), which, together with a team of icon painters from Russia and Poland is fully painted the walls of the cathedral. And now in the polyphony of the Austrian capital fared another Russian melody - a remarkable cycle of frescoes father Zinon.
When cross the threshold of the church of St. Nicholas, can not but feel admiration: before the eyes of the sky like flies open and you are surrounded by the mountain of the world. Located on broad tiers, painting the walls - like a magnificent scroll of unfolding the space in which we are called earthly life of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother, the images of saints and ascetics of the Church, the ancient prophets and martyrs of recent times. A variety of decorative items - ornaments, "towels", "marble" panel, peacocks - create an image of paradise, making the temple a joyful, festive, festive. Blue background painting gives a sense of air, abundant use of white color, symbolizing light, transmits shine heaven. Noble combination of purple, blue, green ring glorify chord. Everything in this painting of a harmonious and clothed in the perfect shape. Aimed at the classic examples of pre-Mongol Russian and Balkan iconography, calm, noble style of his father Zinon very in tune with our time, requiring a depth and clarity of the certificate. And at the same time there is a connection here with the ancient tradition of Orthodox art, rooted in the depths of time.
Archimandrite Zinon - Internationally acclaimed artist, an outstanding contemporary icon painter, his work is largely determined the development of modern iconographic tradition. He started in the Pskov-Pechersk monastery, he worked in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in St. Daniel Monastery in Pskov, Moscow and Moscow suburbs, in the Vladimir and other areas as well as abroad: in France, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Latvia . He has painted dozens of temples, hundreds of icons. My father Zinon many students who are working not only in Russia but also worldwide.
In the brigade of icon painters, who worked under the guidance of his father Zinon of Viennese painting the church, included Eugene Malyagin, Anton Eat, Ilya Ivankin Alexander Mysyk, Vassily Sokolov, Anna Kashirina from Russia, and Jaroslaw, and John Yakymchuk from Poland and Tatiana Shilovskaya from Austria. Altar apse and dome Archimandrite Zinon painted himself, all the remaining space of the church painted his assistants, but the overall management of the master and his assistance to enable artists to make a painting of a uniform and seamless.
With the new mural in the church is not just found a new species - he was transformed. These murals can easily be called an outstanding work of contemporary religious art.
In the lower church, which was consecrated in honor of St. Alexander Nevsky and was updated during the recent renovation, the project Archimandrite Zinon built a new iconostasis (previously there was an iconostasis, which was brought from another church). This is a highly artistic and original work - the iconostasis is made in the forms of early Christian Altar of three kinds of colored marble - pink, white, dark green. Calm rhythm of his majestic arches perfectly with exquisite decorative details - columns, capitals, frieze. Icons for the iconostasis Zinon father wrote back in Russia. Images of great and solemn prayer and strict. In style they are close to the ancient pre-Mongol tradition, but it is not archaeological copying: they are very modern. In perfect proportions, the accuracy of the figure, the nobility of color felt an attraction to the classics, to the eternal timeless beauty. This is truly a masterpiece of religious art, testifying to his great artistic possibilities, as yet little realized in today's resurgent Orthodoxy.
Almost two years Zinon father worked in Vienna, but, as usual, finishing one job, the master is taken for another, not stopping there. He now works at Mount Athos, where he was to paint the temple in the ancient monastery of Simon Peter. There is no doubt that soon we will see a new, beautiful and unexpected work of the greatest masters.

Archimandrite Zinon in the world Theodor Vladimir Mikhailovich, Archimandrite, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, house painter.

Born in Olviopole near Nikolaev (southern Ukraine, near Odessa). As a child were filed to the Church, with her grandmother visited the temple.

Since 1969, he studied at the Odessa Art School, the department of painting. It happened his first acquaintance with the icon, and was the first experience of painting the church, the truth, the master, under whom the artist worked, did not own iconographic technique, using the ubiquitous then the picturesque style. But the future of the icon painter attracted canonical icon, and he decided, in that whatever the cost, to master it. Began with copies of old icons: when the original, and more - from reproductions. In Odessa, as a whole in the south, the old icon - a rarity in the churches they are almost there, and the provincial museums is very poor and monotonous. Teachers icons in those days was not, and because the technique of the icon, canons, artistic techniques and other secrets of icon painting crafts had to learn on their own. Pretty soon it is understood that engage seriously iconography can only be devoted to this life.

In 1976 he became a monk in the Pskov-Caves Monastery of the Assumption. Since then, the iconography is not only his creativity but also his ministry.

In the Pskov-Caves monastery had its own icon-painting tradition. The former abbot of the monastery, Archimandrite Alipy (d. 1975) was a great connoisseur and lover of art, he gathered a great collection of paintings and icons. Besides, he was an outstanding icon painter, his icons and wall paintings still adorn the monastery.

Taking monastic vows, Fr. Zinon had the opportunity to work for the Church, and his art was soon noticed the church authorities and claimed. In 1979, His Holiness Patriarch Pimen summoned him in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Here Fr. Zinon wrote iconostasises chapels in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Assumption, has created a set of individual icons. Patriarch Pimen was a great connoisseur of ancient iconography and highly appreciated work on. Zinon. In 1983, with the blessing of His Holiness. Zinon was asked to participate in the reconstruction and blagoukrashenii Danilov Monastery in Moscow. In 1985, he painted the church of St. Paraskieva in the Vladimir region.

He continued to work and house painter for the Pskov-Caves Monastery, here they were created iconostasises temples Martyr Cornelius (1985), Protection of the Assumption (1990) and in the Pechersk holy hill (1989-1991).. In 1988, Fr. Zinon wrote for the ancient Holy Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, the iconostasis of the lower church, consecrated in the name of the teacher. Seraphim of Sarov.

In 1994, the Russian Orthodox Church was transferred to the ancient Cathedral of the Transfiguration Monastery in Pskov Mirozhsky (with the exception of the XII century cathedral. Who stayed in the Pskov museum of art) with a single condition - that the monastery was located icon painting school. O. Zinon headed the school, and she began to develop successfully, came here to study the icon painters not only from Russia but from all over the world. Together with Fr. Zinon here have worked for several of the monks and novices who have chosen icon-painting their service - some paint icons, others did the board, etc. Thus, DWELLERS monastery was not simply a monastic dormitory, a fraternity of icon, which in itself was a phenomenon unique to Russia. Gradually, by monks monastery, contained in the Soviet era in a state of complete devastation, was reborn. In particular, it was restored Gate's Church. Stephanos (1996), it committed the service. O. Zinon created here original stone iconostasis and wrote for his images of the Savior, the Virgin and the saints in medallions.

At the end of 1997 Archimandrite. Zinon Mirozhsky was forced to leave the monastery and move to the village Gverston in the west of the Pskov region, where he lives and works today.

Even working at the Danilov Monastery, Archimandrite. Zinon gained fame as one of the leading icon painters in Russia, and began to actively invite other countries - he worked in France, in Novo-Valaam monastery in Finland, Exaltation of the Cross Monastery Sheveton in Belgium, taught at the school in the iconographic Seriate, Italy and t . e.

Archimandrite Zinon - one of the most influential masters of modern Russian icon painting, strictly adheres to the ancient Byzantine tradition. In 1995. for his contribution to the ecclesiastical art of the first church leaders received the State Prize of Russia.