The Iconoclast theologian John the Grammarian and an Iconoclast bishop whitewash an image of Christ, from a 9th century Psalter. (H/T: Counterlight's Peculiars)
Moscow, October 28, (Interfax) – The Moscow House of Icon opens an exposition of Soviet leaflets and posters on anti-religious theme.
Visitors will have a chance to watch documentaries from video archives showing destruction of churches in tragic years of “atheistic five-year plans,” the museum workers told Interfax-Religion.
The exhibition will represent icons damaged by atheistic fighters in 1920s, including the Icon of Our Lady of the Sign dated by the 18th century, the surface with the Mother of God’s face is cut with stars.
Another icon shows a piece of the Last Judgment composition dated by the 17th century. Moscow Region farmers used this icon as a bail in the cowshed for fifty years.
The House of Icon opened in Moscow on September 18 on the initiative of a patron of arts to promote Orthodox icon painting and study its history.
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