John the Chrysostom, St.
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The icon depicts a half-length figure of Saint Nicholas in a benedictory position, wearing full bishop’s toggery, with Gospel in his hand. He is surrounded by selected saints in the upper and side borders of the icon. In the upper part is a half-length apostle row, with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel at the head, who stand on both sides of the prepared throne. On the side borders, in pairs, from top downward are the Figures of the saints Basil the Great and George the Theologian, John the Chrysostom and Hipatius of Gangra, Cyrill and Athanasius of Alexandria and saint princes, passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, the Martyrs George and St. Demetrius of Solun, Florus and Laurus. The saints’ row is tailed by half-figures of the healers Cosmas and Damian in the lower parts of the icon -
The full-length figure of the saint. -
An icon from the Deesis tier. The Savior is shown wearing pontific clothes – sakkos-polystavrion (like the Archbishop of Constantinople) and omophorion. John the Chrysostom is holding a book in hands. -
Our Lady holding the Divine Child is depicted waist-length. The right arm of the Divine Child is raised in a gesture of blessing. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are the guardian angel and the saints-St.John "the Goldenmouth", St.Basil the Great and St.Agrippina. -
In the centrepiece of the icon the figures of the saints are depicted full-length. St.Nicholas of Mozhaysk holds a temple in his left hand and in his right hand-a sword. St.John of “the Goldenmouth” holds the Gospel Book in his left hand and his right arm is raised in a gesture of blessing. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are four saints. -
In the centrepiece of the icon their figures are depicted full-length. Above them the Saviour is depicted waist-length. On the raised flat borders of the icon panel are the interceding saints: St.Pelagia, St.Catherine, St.John, St.Alexander and the guardian angel. -
Their figures are depicted full-length. Above them the Saviour is depicted waist-length in the clouds. -
In the lower tier is shown the full-length depiction of John “The Goldenmouth” in a three-quarter turn. In the upper tier is represented the Nativity of Christ. -
The icon from the Deesis row of iconostasis. The saint is depicted with the signs of the archbishop – with the sakkos, the omophorion and the Gospel book in his hands. -
The icon from the Deesis tier. -
Yaroslavl icon of the Mother of God, with the Deesis tier and the Selected Saints
In the centerpiece is shown the Mother of God with the Divine Child Whose right hand seems to support the chin of Our Lady and His left hand is holding a folded scroll which makes this icon different from the other Yaroslavl icons of the Mother of God where the left hand of the Divine Child holds the edge of Her omophoion. On the upper border of the icon is depicted Deesis with the Savior Not Made by Hands in the centre – the feature of many northern icons. Deesis includes the depictions of saint Nicholas the Wonderworker (instead of the Holy Virgin), prophet John the Forerunner, archangels Michael and Gabriel. On the left and on the right borders below and on the lower border are shown the waist-length frontal depictions of saint John the Goldenmouth, Apostle John the Theologian, great martyrs Parasceva named “Friday” and Barbara and great martyr Demetrius.
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Saint John the Goldenmouth is depicted full-length, with his hands spread apart.
