KLEINE IKONE MIT DER HÖLLENFAHRT UND AUFERSTEHUNG silver Byzantine coins pendants Size: 50x34

Size: 50x34

the Baptist John

the appearances of Jesus are explained as visionary experiences that gave the impetus to the belief in the exaltation of Jesus and a resumption of the missionary activity of Jesus' followers

accepted as the Olympian Herakles by the Greeks and derided as Beelzebub by Jews in the time of the Seleucids

The Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos

KLEINE IKONE MIT DER HÖLLENFAHRT UND AUFERSTEHUNG silver Byzantine coins pendants Size: 50x34A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE RESURRECTION AND THE DESCENT INTO HELL WITHIN TWELVE FEASTS ORTHODOXEN KIRCHENJAHRES Russian, circa 1900 Russland, um 1900 Tempera on wood panel. Executed in detail on a gold ground. The border gilded and incised to resemble a chased gilded silver enamel oklad. 26. 6 x 22 cm.