Icon of the New Russian Martyrs

bogoliubtsy · Post by **bogoliubtsy** » Mon 21 April 2003 3:43 pm

I don't think it was ever mass-produced but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a place to buy this icon of the new Russian Martyrs.

http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/images/NEW_MARTYRS_sm.JPG

Thanks for any help.
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尼古拉前执事 · Post by **尼古拉前执事** » Mon 21 April 2003 3:47 pm

I thought that the Boston parish sold them as I was told a priest there wrote the icon. But maybe it was the icon in this thread instead. Not sure off hand:

Liudmilla · Post by **Liudmilla** » Mon 21 April 2003 5:00 pm

The icon you are looking for can be purchased at the Holy trinity Monastery in Jordanville. I believe the icon was one of the last that Archimandrite Cyprian worked on. If not him then his students....

Liudmilla · Post by **Liudmilla** » Mon 21 April 2003 9:47 pm

If memory serves......this was the icon used at the canonization. The original (this I know for sure) hangs in the lower church at HTM in Jordonville. A must see if you can go there....

ania · Post by **ania** » Wed 30 April 2003 5:01 pm

Guys, guys, you got it all wrong. This particular icon was painted for the canonization, true, but it wasn't painted by Fr. Kyprian. Fr. Kyprian did paint one of the Holy Martyrs that is currently in the downstairs church at HTM. Both the icons were present in at the cananozation. This particular one was painted on the order of Fr. Roman Lukianov (my grandad) in Boston by my other grandfather, Nicholas Papkov. It hangs in the Boston parish of the Holy Epiphany.
On a side note, many of the scenes, such as the ones that show people in concentration camps he saw first hand, & drew from life while he was a POW in Lithuania. The others were of known cases of torture & execution of saints. Also Sts. Seraphim of Sarov & Ioann Kronchtadsky are in it because they prophesized the downfall of the Russian Empire. It was writen in the early 80s, i beleive, prehaps even before, I'll have to check with my dad.
Fr. Kyprian's style of iconography & that of my grandfather varried greatly, in that Fr. Kyprian started out early on as an iconographer, while my grandfather initially studied more secular styles of art in Leningrad, and only started iconography toward the middle of his life, around the age of 35 or 40, & that comes out very much in most of the icons he painted. On another side note, he was never a student of Fr. Kyprians, and they even sometimes competed for projects from different churches. Hope this clears that up. Copies of both Fr. Kyprian's & my grandfather's icons can be purchased at Holy Trinity Monastary, I know my grandfather's is also sold in Boston, & I've seen it at other parish stores as well.
Toodles!
Ania

bogoliubtsy · Post by **bogoliubtsy** » Wed 30 April 2003 6:04 pm

Thank you ania for clearing that up. I only attend Holy Epiphany on occasion(once a month or so? I'm usually at the local oca cathedral) and haven't spent much time in the book store downstairs...so I'm guessing the copies of the icon slipped by me. The original is really shocking, saddening and uplifting all at once....I try to stand near it when I visit Holy Epiphany.
Thanks for the info.
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Mary Kissel · Post by **Mary Kissel** » Thu 1 May 2003 1:28 pm

Yes, thankyou Anya for clearing all that up! I didn't know your Grandfather painted icons! I think that's cool to have an icon painter in your family

MaryCecilia