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Akathist

The Icon of the Theotokos "Of the Akathist" is on the iconostasis of Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos.

Banja, Srbica

In the years between the World Wars, the church was renovated, however, during World War II, members of the Albanian fascist Balli Kombëtar looted it and destroyed the iconostasis and buried it in stones.

Grand Church of the Winter Palace

Rastrelli was personally in charge of the three-tier iconostasis where the icons were painted by Ivan Belsky with brothers and Ivan Vishnyakov.

Greek Orthodox Church and Museum, Miskolc

The Baroque iconostasis was carved in the workshop of Miklós Jankovits of Eger, the pictures (with the exception of four of them) were painted by Anton Kuchelmeister of Vienna.

Križevci, Croatia

The iconostasis and the pictures on the walls are works of famous Croatian painters including Ivan Tišov, Celestin Medović and Bela Čikoš-Sesija.

Medkovets

The Church of Saint Paraskeva was built in 1859, with the iconostasis carved by the Bulgarian masters Filipovi from the region of Debar, Vardar Macedonia.

Paja Jovanović

He spent his childhood and early youth in this town, where he had the opportunity to see the iconostasis of Pavel Đurković and Arsa Teodorović in the town churches.

Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery

One of the most valuable treasures of the monastery is the iconostasis created by Petre Filipovski Garkata from the nearby village of Gari.

Shiroka Laka

It boasts an authentic iconostasis, possibly painted by apprentices of the brothers Dimitar and Zahari Zograf from Samokov, or even by the brothers themselves.

Vladimir Borovikovsky

At that time he mostly painted icons, including Iconostasis of the Smolensky Cemetery church and some icons for Kazan Cathedral in Saint-Petersburg.


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