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A figure of the Mother of God in the center, flanked by the scenes from her life. -
Our Lady of Tikhvin, with scenes from the life of St. Joachim, Anna and the Holy Virgin. -
Our Lady pressing the Divine Child with Her left arm is depicted waist-length. His right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are the saints: St.Catherine and St.Anastasia. -
Our Lady pressing the Divine Child with Her left arm is depicted waist-length. -
Our Lady holding the Divine Child with Her left arm is depicted waist-length. The right arm of the Divine Child is raised in a gesture of blessing, His left hand is holding a scroll. -
Our Lady holding the Divine Child with her left arm is depicted waist-length. The right arm of the Divine Child is raised in a gesture of blessing, His left hand is holding a scroll. -
One of many iconographic variants of the Mother of God Hodegetria – Our Lady of Tikhvin. One of miraculously appearing icons of the Mother of God venerated by Russians. The distinctive feature of the icon is a visible back side of the right foot of the Child. The background and margins of the icon are covered with a basma case. -
A cased icon portraying the Mother of God with the Infant Christ. -
The figure of the Mother of God with the Infant Christ upon Her hands. On the edge of an omophorion is an inscription carrying the Akathist of the Theotokos. -
The centerpiece of the icon shows the waist-length depiction of the Mother of God with the Child Jesus sitting Her left hand. The Divine Child turns to Our Lady, with His right hand raised up in a gesture of blessing and His left hand holding a scroll. The nude heel of Christ can be seen by the viewer. The depiction of Our Lady of Tikhvin is surrounded by the scenes illustrating the Akathist. 1. Worship of the icon “Holy Virgin Hodegetria” 2. The Annunciation at the well 3. Annunciation 4. Annunciation 5. Annunciation 6. Encounter of Mary and Elizabeth 7. The proofing of Joseph 8. The Mother of God and the maidens 9. The Nativity of Christ 10. The journey of the Magi 11. The Adoration of the Magi 12. The return of the Magi to Babylon 13. The flight into Egypt 14. The Presentation of Our Lord 15. Christ and the Apostles 16. The monks praying to the Mother of God 17. The Deesis 18. Christ in Majesty 19. Christ taken to the Calvary 20. Worship of the icon “Holy Virgin Hodegetria” 21. The Mother of God with the candle 22. The Descent into Hell with Christ tearing the sin records 23. Worship of the icon “Holy Virgin Hodegetria” in the Temple 24. The Mother of God and the orators -
In the centerpiece is the figure of Our Lady of Tikhvin. In the upper field is the three-figured Deesis. On side margins are St. Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt and Ephraim of Antioch. In the bottom field are Tsarevich Dimitri, St. John of the Old Cave, St. Alexander Svirsky, the holy martyress Eudokia, the martyr Anisia of Thessaloniki. -
A waist-length image of the Mother of God holding the Infant Christ on her left arm.
