Kent dur Russell, Executive Director of the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts, presents an illustrated talk on how the culture of venerating icons came to Russia from places such as Constantinople, Thessaloniki and Mount Athos.
Kent very much welcomes questions at the end of his talk. Please click on your CHAT button and type in your questions, and I’ll pose them to him.
Hodegetria
Egg Tempera on wood
38” X 26”
Underpainting 14th century, overpainted 18th century
Museum of Russian Icons, Massachusetts USA
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All our previous Zoom events are available on the IHS YouTube channel. Just search for the words Irish, Hellenic and Society on YouTube and they will all come up.
The link for last month’s event on “Mikis Theodorakis: the Irish connection” is:
Yours sincerely,
Paddy Sammon
With best wishes to you all for our 60th anniversary year,
Yours sincerely,
Paddy Sammon
We wish everyone a safe and healthy New Year.
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