Unique icon and 50 paintings with an image of St. George will be displayed at the exhibition "The Triumph of Goodness", dedicated to 65-th anniversary of Victory Day and St. George, which opened in Kaluga - May 6 and will run until May 31.
Time and place are not chosen by chance. May 6 - is the Day of St. George. And in Kaluga land about four years ago in a charity art project "12 good works" - which was attended by more than 60 Russian modern artists. They are all created in the works its way of St. George. Among the participants of the project - known artists Tatyana Nazarenko, Katja Medvedev, Lucy Voronov, Clara Golitsyn, Marina Zvyagintsev, Natalie Glebova, Valery Bashenin, Alexander Brodsky, Harry Gordon, Eugene Kokoreva and many many more! Many of them come in Kaluga, Kaluga that together with the veterans mark Victory Day.
Their "George" had already been shown in various exhibitions in Moscow. Now they see Kaluga. Later, all the work "relocate" in the city Meshchovsk, near Kaluga. In St. George Monastery, to help restore and which was conceived the whole project. In the words of Father George Abbot, perhaps this is actually the present purpose of these creations - remain on the land of Kaluga in Meshchovsk, where many people can see them when the come to our monastery. " This is a fitting conclusion of a very interesting project.
Icon painters of the monastery to the 65 th anniversary of Victory written by a unique icon, which will be shown for the first time at an exhibition in the building of the Kaluga Oblast Philharmonic. The image is called the "intercession of Saint George the Great Martyr and Conqueror - Guardian Angel for Russia in the terrible hour of testing, 1941-1945.". In the center of the icon of St. George, on the sides - a historical event-stamp, which depicted significant events of the Great Patriotic War, including the breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad, the battle for Königsberg and for Moscow, Kursk Bulge ", in which the Saints help the Russian army to victory .
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