Two Icons of the Akathistos Hymn (18th–19th Centuries): Cultural and Spiritual Encounters between Romanian Monasticism, the Pechersk Lavra and Mount Athos
Two Icons of the Akathistos Hymn (18th–19th Centuries): Cultural and Spiritual Encounters between Romanian Monasticism, the Pechersk Lavra and Mount Athos
Author(s): Atanasia VăetișiSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, 18th Century, 19th Century, History of Religion, History of Art
Published by: Herlo Verlag UG
Keywords: Akathistos Hymn; Romanian monasticism; Mount Athos; Pechersk Lavra; Cernica Monastery; icons;
Summary/Abstract: This study analyses two icons from Cernica Monastery, focusing on their iconographic sources. Using Nazar Kozak’s typology for sixteenth-century Akathist imagery, it categorises the scenes according to their depicted characters and actions.
Journal: Études byzantines et post-byzantines
- Issue Year: 5/2024
- Issue No: SP
- Page Range: 277-308
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English
