Amazing Christian Orthodox Icon of St. John the Baptist, Forerunner
(rus. Икона Святой Иоанн Креститель, Предтеча)
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Icon ST JOHN THE FORERUNNER
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St.John the Baptist is one of the most venerated Christian saints, the last Prophet of the Old Testament, the Forerunner of Christ. St.John’s life was a common subject in Western and in Eastern art. The iconographic type depicting St.John as an angel originated in thirteenth-century Byzantium. One of the earliest examples can be seen in the frescoes from Arilje dating to 1296. The frontal type was common to the sixteenth-century icons of Greece and Crete. This type was spread throughout the Eastern Church in the post-Byzantine period but was considered heretical by Western ecclesiastics.
Inspired by Christ’s description of John in the Gospels as ‘messenger’ (angelos in Greek): ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee’ (Mark 1:2-4), the image of the winged Forerunner corresponds not only to his function as messenger but also to the ascetic life of a terrestrial angel and celestial man. A 7th-century prayer by St.Germanus of Constantinople reads: ‘How shall we call thee, O prophet? Angel, apostle or martyr? Angel, for thou hast led an incorporeal life. Apostle, for thou hast taught the nations. Martyr, for thou hast been beheaded for Christ‘ (Troparion, Tone I).
The iconographic type of the Angel of the Desert, extremely popular in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, is surprisingly absent in Western art. Western ecclesiastical authorities tended to consider the depiction heretical, preferring to foreground John’s roles as an apostle and a martyr. In Russia, however, the type became the most widespread in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Height approx. 16.5cm (6.5")
Width approx. 14.5cm (5.7")
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Handling Time: Item will be shipped within 1-2 business days after payment is received.
The United States, the European Union - delivery time is about 14-20 days.
Other countries - Delivery time about 21-30 days.
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