New York, March 4, 2014
"The penitent" woodcut (19,7 x 13,3 cm, or 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in) was donated to the museum by Junius S. Morgan in 1919.
The display of Dürer’s was timed to coincide with the beginning of the Lent for Western Christians, which commenced on Ash Wednesday (March 5 this year).
6 марта 2014 г.
Byzantine Art Travels to the US
Byzantine Art Travels to the US
Two film productions, one from the National Gallery of Art in Washington and one from the Greek Ministry of Culture, will be made at archaeological sites and monuments in Greece in the coming months.
‘Jerusalem,’ a tribute to the holy city, comes to the IMAX screen
‘Jerusalem,’ a tribute to the holy city, comes to the IMAX screen
The newly released movie "Jerusalem," filmed in 2D and 3D and playing on IMAX and other giant-screen theaters across the U.S. and the world, including Salt Lake City, gives viewers grand, hallmark panoramas, at once awe-inspiring and intimate.
Culture, Pastorship, and the Monastery
Hieromonk Pavel (Scherbachev)
Culture, Pastorship, and the Monastery
Pravoslavie.ru has been running a series dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the restoration of monastic life in Sretensky Monastery, featuring monks who live there. One of the most recent talks was with Hieromonk Pavel (Shcherbachev), the deputy secretary of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, which is run from within the monastery walls.
