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Russian Saints
Item No: 150:9519846417
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Nun Juliana and the Preservation of Russian Icon Painting
Author: Maria Nikolajevna Sokolova (Mother Juliana)
ISBN: 9519846417
Publisher: Rista, 2000
Size: 285 x 215 mm (11.25 x 8.5 in.); 36 pages, 11 full-page drawings, Hardcover. Complete text in English, Finnish and Russian.
Russian Saints is a posthumous edition of a compilation by Maria Nikolajevna Sokolova of Russian saints according to the Orthodox liturgical calendar. This volume contains sketches of these saints drawn by this well-known icon painter in 11 full-page plates. The book also contains a brief biography of Mother Juliana. The complete text is written in English, Finnish and Russian. Imported from Finland.
From the Introduction
During the first decades of Soviet rule in Russia holy images, especially icons, were subjected to harsh persecution. It was a period of unrestrained, militant atheism during which, together with the closing of churches and monasteries, great numbers of icons were destroyed. From this it is easy to comprehend the difficulties faced by those who wished to preserve the traditions of Russian icon painting. The nun Juliana, known to the world as Maria Nikolajevna Sokolova, preserved the living tradition of ancient Russian icon painting, transmitting it to her successors during one of the most difficult periods in the history of the Russian Church. This is the basis of her significance for modern icon painters.
We should remember Mother Juliana, not only as an icon painter, but also as a Christian human being who lived in God in all her activities, professional and otherwise. In our days this is exceptionally rare; it is a glimpse of the disappearing Russia, the holy Russia.--From a letter written in April 1983 by the Archimandrite Ioann Krestjankin, confessor of the Dormition Monastery in Petser (Pskov, Estonia)
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