The Face (Icon Painter) (1996)

Documentary №60645, 3 parts, duration: 0:24:55
Production: Lennauchfilm (LNF)
Director:V.Matveeva
Screenwriters:V.Matveeva
Camera operators:V.Petrov, A.Yakubovskij
Sound mixer:V.Goranjko

Annotation:

The icon painter Archimandrite Zinon writes the icon of the virgin

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A monk paints an icon of the Mother of God.

Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

Archimandrite Zinon paints an icon inspired by an older image.

Archimandrite Zinon writes a copy of the reconstruction of the icon.

The icon painter transfers the gilding with a bread crumb.

Patriarch Alexy inspects icons in the museum.

The Patriarch thanks the employees of the Tretyakov Gallery that together with Archimandrite Zinon they created the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God on the basis of an ancient list, but without temporary flaws.

The Spaso Mirozhsky Monastery in the Pskov region.

Winter forest in the vicinity of the monastery.

A monk is walking through the forest.

The monk cleans the snow.

Monks chop wood.

A monk cooks food.

Workshop of the monk-icon painter.

The beginning of the icon painting.

Icon of John of Damascus.

The icon is a sign of the Mother of God.

The Icon Was Saved By The Miraculous.

Iconostasis.

Key words

Icon.
Saving the icon.
Creating an icon.
Icon painting schools.

Personnel:

Arhimandrit Zinon, ikonopisec. Patriarh Aleksij.

Calendar: 1996

Locations: Moscow [820] Pskov region [797]

Objects:

Tretyakov Gallery. The Holy Mirozhsky Monastery.

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The Icon of the Nativity of Christ.

The face of the Virgin appears on the icon.

Icon of the Holy Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver.

Icon of the Holy Wonderworker Seraphim of Sarov.

Icon of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Iconostasis.

Students of the icon painting school from Italy.

Archimandrite Zinon shows an Italian icon painter how to spell an icon.

Tells a student from Italy.

Students work in the workshop.

Archimandrite Zinon continues to create an icon of the Mother of God.

The icon painter creates a golden background on the icon.

A monk creates paints by hand.

A monk prepares a board for writing an icon.

Key words

Icon.
Study.
The creation process.

Personnel:

Arhimandrit Zinon, ikonopisec.

Calendar: 1996

Locations: Pskov region [797]

Objects:

The Holy Mirozhsky Monastery.

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A monk prepares a board for writing an icon.

The monk removed the canvas from the newly created icon Saved by the Almighty.

The monk covers the icon with varnish.

Archimandrite Zinon continues to create the image of the Most Holy

The Virgin.

Says Archimandrite Zinon, looking at the icon he created.

Icon of the Theotokos Hagiosoritissa.

The icon of the Theotokos Hagiosoritissa, painted by Father Zinon in the church.

Iconostasis.

The icon of the Ascension of the Lord.

Icon of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Iconostasis.

Key words

Icon.
The meaning of the icon in Orthodoxy.
The purpose of the icon.

Personnel:

Arhimandrit Zinon, ikonopisec.

Calendar: 1996

Locations: Pskov region [797]

Objects:

The Holy Mirozhsky Monastery.

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