Reverend Sergius of Radonezh with scenes from his life

The icon with scenes. The centerpiece depicts the saint full-length, his left hand is holding a scroll and his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing.

Holy monk St. Sergius of Radonezh with scenes from his life and the Legend of Mamai’s Battle

In the top left corner of the central composition w can see St. Sergi appearing before Grand Duchess Sofia Paleologus$ to the right – a vision of the angel helping St. Sergi with divine service and St. Sergi’s vision of fire, while conducting liturgy; below - St.Sergi's miraculous appearance during the Lithuanian siege of the town Opochka. In the upper right corner – St. Sergi miracoluosly appears at the site of the founding of the town Sviyazhsk and the addition of new lands of the Volga Cheremis; below – appearance of St. George as he sprinkles the walls of Kazan with holy water. In the bottom left corner – the Poles besiege the Troitse-Sergiev Monastery as the city is besided by Polish troops. On the attached board in the upper left corner the Grand Duke Dmitri Ivanovich is praying before an image of the Savior, talking to Metropolitan Kiprian and sending notes to his allies. Below are depicted the towns and cities who helped Dmitri: Belosersk, Yaroslavl, Kurba, Rostov, Vladimir, Novgorod; near the the left edge there are cities with red towers – Riazan and Lithuania, who were Mamai’s allies. Over the picture of Taroslavl we can see Dmitri Ivanovich and Vladimir Andreevich asking Holy Monk St. Sergi for warrior-monks – Peresvet and Osliabia. In the center of the panel is represented Moscow with the Assumption Cathedral, where Grand Duke Dmitri and Vladimir. Warriors ride out of the gate of Moscow, guided by the metropolitan, above, inside a house – a group of women. To the right there certain episode thet took place before the battle and Battle of the Kulikovo Field itself with Peresvet and Osliabia, as well as with the heavenly host; below the picture of the battle. On the bottom border of the addition there are scenes of the burial of the perished warriors, of the reception of Grand Duke Dmitrii in Kolomna and Moscow and Mamai’s flight and his murder in Kafa.

Sergius of Radonezh, the Venerable, with scenes from his life

The centerpiece shows full-length depiction of the blessing Sergius of Radonezh with the unfolded scroll in his left hand. The centerpiece is framed by the intricate floriated ornament with the rosettes at the corners. The ornament is painted with the colored varnishes on the silver raised flat border of the icon panel. Border scenes painting is typical for Northern Russia of the 17th century, each scene filled with staffage and hills. The characters in every scene seem to be squeezed into a limited space.