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The Mother of God - The Chirsk, or Pskov, Icon of the Mother of God . Originally this Icon was in a church in the village of Chirsk, in the Diocese of Pskov. In 1420, with an epidemic raging in Pskov, tears began to flow from both eyes of the Chirsk Icon of the Mother of God. Learning of this sign, Prince Fyodor Alexandrovitch of Pskov sent clergy to bring the Miraculous Image to Pskov. At the meeting of the Icon, there was a procession of the Cross, attended by a multitude of people, including the prince. Everyone piously offered up prayers. The people of Pskov carried the Icon into the city and placed it in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. July 16th was instituted as the Icon’s Feast Day, in commemoration both of the epidemic’s cessation, and of the many miracles which were shown forth through the Icon. After its transfer to Pskov, the Chirsk Icon came to be known as the Pskov Icon. Trinity Cathedral in Pskov city 

It is the five-domed Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, which was founded in 1138 but rebuilt between 1691 and 1699 and situated within the Kremlin in Pskov city. 

The Mother of God - the Chirsk, or Pskov, Icon of the Mother of God, after its transfer to Pskov, to Trinity Cathedral, the Chirsk Icon came to be known as the Pskov Icon. Originally this Icon was in a church in the village of Chirsk, in the Diocese of Pskov. In 1420, with an epidemic raging in Pskov, tears began to flow from both eyes of the Chirsk Icon of the Mother of God. Learning of this sign, Prince Fyodor Alexandrovitch of Pskov sent clergy to bring the Miraculous Image to Pskov. At the meeting of the Icon, there was a procession of the Cross, attended by a multitude of people, including the prince. Everyone piously offered up prayers. The people of Pskov carried the Icon into the city and placed it in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity. July 16th was instituted as the Icon�s Feast Day, in commemoration both of the epidemic�s cessation, and of the many miracles which were shown forth through the Icon.

Icon painting techniques is very interesting. First of all it is preparing the icon board and levkas (gesso ground), sanding and preparing the gesso surface, preparation of tracing paper, transferring the figure onto the levkas, than, preparation for gilding, types of gilding techniques, preparation of natural mineral pigments for egg tempera and their application, the painting technique for clothing, background, faces and body parts, and olipha (final picture varnish).

First Russian masters prepare an icon board and levkas, than, draw the figure on tracing paper, transfer the figure to the gessoed board, gild areas of the icon, apply the roskrish, and complete the icon painting.

Everyone here have opportunity to see ancient examples of icon painting in the museums, monasteries and churches of Pskov city.

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