St. Alexander Nevsky

Alexandros, Elisavet, Fannie, Orthodoxy, St. Alexander Nevsky

Our Iconostasion: A Doorway to Heaven

Image October 6, 2010 July 28, 2015 Alexandros Kozák

As you can see below, it is very much a real door with hinges and a door handle:

Hinge 1

Hinge 2

Doorhandle

The door is held upright with four large, metal shelf hinges, and part of a broken bookshelf serves as a table:

Iconostasion Hinges

Various details:

Cross

Christos Pantokrator

Theotokos Enthroned (to the left, Glykophilousa; above, Zoodokhos Pigi)

St. Alexander Nevsky

Left: St. Elizabeth; Right: the Head of Her Son, St. John the Forerunner

Above, the Good Shepherd; below, the Transfiguration

Above, St. Alexander of Constantinople; below, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

The Day Goes On

Orthodoxy, St. Alexander Nevsky

Paintings of St. Alexander Nevsky

Image July 1, 2009 March 7, 2015 Alexandros Kozák

The Solemn Entry of Alexander Nevsky into Pskov — “The Solemn Entry of Alexander Nevsky into Pskov.” G. I. Ugryumov (1793-1794).

Prince Alexander Nevsky Receiving Pope's Legates — “Prince Alexander Nevsky Receiving Pope’s Legates.” Henryk Siemiradski. Sketch for the mural of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Prince Alexander Nevsky in Gold Horde — “Prince Alexander Nevsky in Gold Horde.” Henryk Hector Siemiradski. Sketch for the mural of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. 1876. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Alexander Nevsky 1885-96r — Oil painting on canvas. “Alexander Nevsky” (1885-96r). Victor Vasnetsov. Sketch for a fresco in the Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Kiev. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Russia.

Prince Alexander Nevsky — “Prince Alexander Nevsky” (1894). Mikhail Nesterov.

Death of Prince Alexander Nevsky — Oil painting: “Death of Prince Alexander Nevsky.” Sketch for frescos in Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Abasturman, Georgia (1900).

Alexander Nevsky — “Alexander Nevsky.” Petr Mikhailovich Shamshin.

Ἀρχὴ σοφίας, φόβος Κυρίου.