![]() ![]() The monk Daniel, who died before Saint Andrew, appeared to his friend and urged him to join him in eternal blessedness. He was over seventy years old at the time of his death. Saint Andrew fell asleep in the Lord between 1427-1430, and was buried in the Andronikov Monastery. At this time Saint Andrew painted his most famous icon: the Holy Trinity (actually, the Hospitality of Abraham). Saint Nikon of Radonezh asked Saint Andrew and Daniel to paint the new church in the reconstructed monastery of the Holy Trinity, which had been destroyed by the Tatars in 1408. His next important project, which he undertook with the monk Daniel, was to paint the frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir in 1408. Andrei Rublev (Russian:, IPA: ndrej rblf, also transliterated as Andrey Rublyov born in the 1360s, died 29 January 1427 or 1430, or 17 October 1428 in Moscow) is considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox icons and frescos. Saint Andrew is first mentioned in the Chronicles in 1405, when he, Theophanes, and Prochorus painted the cathedral of the Annunciation. ![]() Sometime before 1405 he moved to the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery founded by Saint Andronicus (June 13), with the blessing of Saint Nikon.There Saint Andrew received monastic tonsure and was taught iconography by Theophanes the Greek and the monk Daniel, Saint Andrew’s friend and fellow-ascetic. Saint Andrew became a novice in the monastery under Saint Nikon. While still very young, he went to the Holy Trinity Monastery, and was profoundly impressed by Saint Sergius of Radonezh (September 25).Īfter the death of Saint Sergius in 1392, Saint Nikon (November 17) succeeded him as igumen. Saint Andrew Rublev, Russia’s greatest iconographer, was born near Moscow sometime between 13. Sergius Lavra.Lives of the Saints / Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer He also did, inter alia, the wall painting and the iconostasis for the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the Holy Trinity-St. After the death of Saint Sergius in 1392, Saint Nikon (November 17) succeeded him as igumen. While still very young, he went to the Holy Trinity Monastery, and was profoundly impressed by Saint Sergius of Radonezh (September 25). Andrei Rublev wrote an Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God for the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir, the Icons for the iconostasis and the Icons covering the walls of the Dormition Cathedral in Zvenigorod (end of the 14th - beginning of the 15th C.) the Deisis Row in the iconostasis of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most-holy Theotokos in the St. Saint Andrew Rublev, Russia’s greatest iconographer, was born near Moscow sometime between 13. His reputation grew to such an extent that by 1959 the Andronikov Monastery opened The Andrei Rublev Museum. He wrote the icons on the walls of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin, and throughout the Dormition Cathedral and on its iconostasis in the city of Vladimir (1408). Though Rublev is now considered the greatest of all Russian medieval iconographers, and was probably well respected during his lifetime, he was not (re)discovered until the 20 th Century when The Trinity was cleaned in 1904. The renowned, marvelous Icon of the Holy Trinity, which to this day remains an incomparable model in the realm of iconography, was the work of St. Andrei's death that Daniel, who, inseparable from him in heart even after death, received a death-bed revelation that his spiritual brother had been glorified in the Heavenly Kingdom. He was born around 1360, and probably studied with the Byzantine iconographer Theophanes the Greek. In a spiritually lofty milieu, surrounded by an atmosphere of sanctity, Monk Andrei learned both from historical examples of holiness and from the living images of sanctity manifested by the spiritual strugglers around him.įor almost 20 years, and right up to his very death, he lived the life of an iconographer and spiritual struggler, together with his "fellow-faster," Daniel Chorny. St Andrei Rublev, iconographer (1430) JanuLength: 1:03 Many consider him the greatest iconographer of all time, and his 'Holy Trinity' the finest icon. Andronicus of Moscow Monastery, where the Saint received monastic tonsure. The Venerable One's life is involved with two monasteries: The Holy Trinity - St. Andrei worked with Theophanes the Greek, and perhaps was one of his students. He studied the art of painting in Byzantium and Bulgaria. Descended from educated stock, he was distinguished by exceptional wisdom, demonstrated in his creative work. ![]()
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