Raising of Lazarus
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Transfiguration of Our Lord. Raising of Lazarus. Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem. Crucifixion.
The icon from the festival tier. -
From the festival row. Jesus Christ is shown by Lazarus’s cave. By his feet are Lazarus’s sisters - Martha and Mary. Near the cave stand the Jews who came to see the miracle. The gravestone covering the entrance into the cave is moved away, with those present covering their noses with handkerchiefs to protect themselves from the smell of the “four-day” body of Lazarus. The swaddled body of Lazarus is shown in the black deep of the cave, symbolizing death and inferno. -
The icon depicts the evangelic scene of Raising of Lazarus. -
Jesus is shown by Lazar's cave. By his feet are Martha and Mary – Lazar’s sisters. Near the cave stand the Jews who came to make sure of the miracle. The swaddled body of Lazar is shown lying in the black hole of the cave. Behind Christ stands a group of the apostles. -
The icon from the festival row. The scene of the Raising of Lazarus is represented against a rocky background. Jesus Christ is shown standing by Lazarus’ cave. By His feet are Martha and Mary – Lazar’s sisters. In the black deep of the cave is the swaddled body of Lazarus. Behind Christ stands a group of the apostles. -
The icon belongs to an abridged iconographic variant. Except Christ, Lazar, the apostles, Jews, Martha and Maria, there is just one servant opening the grave. Against the background, between two hills, in chambers inside Jerusalem, are the Jews who didn’t believe in Christ and “decided to kill him”. Among the unusual features of this icon are the chambers behind Christ’s back, possibly Bethany, sarcophagus with the standing Lazarus, and a round stone nearby. The two latter details possibly appeared on the analogy of the icons of the Myrrh-Bearing Women at the Holy Sepulcher, symbolically depicting the Resurrection of Christ, whose prototype was the Raising of Lazarus. -
Jesus is depicted at the cavern of Lazarus. Martha and Maria – sisters of Lazarus – are represented at His feet. The wrapped body of Lazarus is depicted in the black gap of the cavern. The servant removes the stone from the cavern. The second servant standing by puts his hand to his nose smelling the odor of “Lazarus of the Four Days”. Figures of the apostles are shown behind Christ. On the background is represented the group of Hebrews between the rocks near the architecture of Bethany. -
Christ with the disciples standing behind Him is represented to the left and in the centre of the scene between the rocks against the background of the town with the vallum is the group of the Hebrews whose gestures show their disbelief in the things witnessed. Before the Savior in the right part of the icon are represented Lazarus in the tomb, two adolescents removing the lid and also the man servant unfolding the burial shrouds.
