“Trinity” will be in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior “for a certain time” – Kommersant

Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ Kirill said that the icon of Andrei Rublev “Trinity” will be in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior “for a certain time.” He did not specify how much.

“At the direction of the President of our country, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, this image was transferred to our church so that it would be here for a certain time, during which the majority of those who wish could approach this great shrine and pray,” Patriarch Kirill said after the Sunday service in the church. Christ the Savior (quote from Interfax).

On the eve of Patriarch Kirill saidthat the icon will stay in the cathedral for a year. This was also stated in the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), when they announced the transfer of the “Trinity” from the Tretyakov Gallery to them by decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the Ministry of Culture reportedthat the “Trinity” will stay in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for two weeks. After it will be sent for a planned restoration. In a press release, the departments emphasized that the icon is part of the state museum fund.

“Trinity” delivered to the temple on the evening of June 3. The icon was installed in a special capsule in the center of the main aisle of the temple. Employees of the Tretyakov Gallery are watching the icon, it is guarded by employees of the National Guard. The museum community insists that even a temporary stay of the icon outside the comfortable museum conditions threatens to destroy the world’s most famous monument of ancient Russian art.

More details – in the material “Kommersant” “Exfoliation of national spirituality”.

Olesya Pavlenko