400-year-old icons returned to Russian monastery-museum after restoration (+VIDEO)

400-year-old icons returned to Russian monastery-museum after restoration (+VIDEO)

Kirillov, Vologda Province, Russia, February 13, 2025

Photo: smotrim.ru     

Forty historical items have been returned to the St. Cyril of White Lake Monastery Museum after restoration. Among the treasures are 17th-century icons.

The collection includes seven icons from famous monasteries of the Russian north: the St. Cyril of White Lake and Ferapontov monasteries and the St. Nil of Sora Hermitage. They are already on display after restoration, reports smotrim.ru.

The icons of St. Ephrem the Syrian, the Archangel Gabriel, the Apostle Paul, and St. John Chrysostom come from the Deesis tier of the wooden Church of St. John the Baptist in the St. Nil of Sora Hermitage.

The St. Cyril of White Lake Museum is developing open storage facilities and creating new permanent exhibitions, thus is it restoring more museum items every year.

A local news report gives a closer look at the icons and other museum items:

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Source: Orthodox Christianity