Greek icon of the xviii c. with the view of the monastery of Christ Pantocrator on Mount Athos

Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.35, No.2, 1994, pages 289-299

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The great collection of the Moscow Historical Museum posseses anunique, never published befor, a greek icon that we refer to the middle of the the XVIII c. There are some historical characters and the trustwortningly drown architectural ensemble of the monastery of Christ Pantocrator on Mount Athos — the type of “loca sancta”. For the Greek standards this type of icon is very rare. We can see on the icon two brothers—fonders of the monastery (Stratopedarche Alexis and Great Primikirij John) and St. Callistos I a Patriarch from Constantinople. They lived in XIV c. Among the other bystandings the most important are two Patriarchs: Constantinople's Anfim II (1623) and Pecz's Paisios II (about 1755). History left us nothing about the last character and perhaps it is his “portrait”.
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Greek icon, Ελληνικό νόμισμα, Μonastery of Christ Pantocrator on Mount Athos, 18ος αιώνας, XVIII century
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