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Hidden and Triumphant: The Underground Struggle to Save Russian Iconography, by Irina Yazykova; Translated by Paul Grenier; Foreword by Frederica Mathewes-Green

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Despite persecution and the destruction of monasteries and much of religious life, a small group of iconographers kept the ancient story and practice alive. In Hidden and Triumphant, Irina Yazykova tells the dramatic history of the Russian Orthodox icon in the 20th century. She tells the saga of those iconographers who at great personal cost preserved the tradition from the time of the Bolshevik persecutions through to the present day, restoring and developing Russian iconography under the harshest of circumstances. Adopting the art of the icon from Byzantine tradition, medieval Russia developed its own unique iconography that for many centuries was a glory of the Russian culture. But in 1917, Russia was turned upside down by the Bolshevik revolution. During the ensuing persecutions of the Church, many monasteries and churches were ruined, icons destroyed, and thousands of believers killed or sent to Soviet prisons and labor camps. Many iconographers painted holy images secretly while in prison. Others were forced to leave Russia altogether, and while living abroad, struggled to preserve their Orthodox traditions. These are their stories. Today¿s renaissance of Russian iconography unites the traditions of the medieval past and is made possible by the sacrifices of this previous generation of heroes. 8 page color insert of illustrations. 192pp (Hardcover) - AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2008 Paraclete

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My Joys, My Treasures,

Hey Altar Server, check out the story about Prince Vladmir of Russia. He sent out his people to find the church for him to attend. This is the beginning of Russia becoming Orthodox.... It is a very interesting story. You see the beauty in every Orthodox Church. You notice the use of ALL five senses of the body.

poor seraphim

This thread is about icons and the media in which they are produced - traditionally and in more recent times - and, it is to be expected that there will be disagreement between those of a more traditional bent versus those who perceive that iconography today has media available to it that would not have been considered - or in some cases even imagined - in the era when the holy art was conceived.

What this thread is NOT about is ecclesial or secular politics under the guise of bickering about the rendering of names that are clear to most each and every one of us. I strongly suggest that the thread return to its topic immediately; I find most repugnant the idea that a thread on iconography would require closure and, if it does, there will be consequences for anyone who precipitates the need to do so.

Many years,

Neil

I can't find any information about the author. Is she an historian or a theologian or an iconographer?