Andrey Rublev (or Rublyov – nobody is sure how his name was pronounced) has been described as “the greatest Russian artist who ever lived”, whose work had “a clarity of composition and suave ...

In order to prop up the spirit of Orthodox patriotism, Putin decided to return the famous icon to Kirill’s Church. It matters little if exposure in the Monastery of the Holy Trinity might turn it into ...

The icon will be delivered to Sergiev Posad by car and placed in a temporary pavilion SERGIEV POSAD /outside Moscow/, June 21. /TASS/. Andrey Rublev’s Holy Trinity icon will be transported on June 22 ...

According to a TASS correspondent, following the Pentecost Sunday service, it will be kept in a special icon case at the cathedral accessible to all worshippers SERGIEV POSAD, June 22. /TASS/.