The icon of the holy martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, the original of which dates back to the 13th century, was recreated in the icon-painting workshop named after the Monk Andrei Rublev at the Holy Trinity Church in the city of Kursk. The holy image, scrupulously reproducing the lost original, is intended for a nunnery in the Syrian city of Maaloula, devastated by Islamist militants. This is reported by the network edition 'Kurskie Izvestia' Almost all major TV channels of the world, including Russian ones, told about the tragedy of the ancient monastery in Maalul, destroyed and desecrated by the ISIS fanatics. Among the lost relics was the temple icon of the warriors-martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, made in the 13th century. The nuns of the monastery appealed to the Russians who visited the monastery after the liberation, with a request to restore the revered shrine. According to the decision taken by the Interregional Public Movement 'Eurasian People's Union', a new icon instead of the previous one was to be painted in the city of Kursk, which was done. As the head of the icon-painting department of the Kursk Theological Seminary, Father Alexander, said, the restoration of the venerated image was carried out according to its preserved list and took two months of work. The master painted the icon in the Syrian-Byzantine style using natural materials and pigments. On May 13, the Russian delegation will deliver the icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus to Syria, and two days later it will take place a solemn transfer to the ancient monastery, where the venerated image was located for eight centuries.
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