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The Stylites

An ascetic saint stands among the faithful of old who endured torture, chains, and wandering yet looked for a better resurrection (Hebrews 11). A fresco from the Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyin Street, painted by the Byzantine iconographer Theophanes the Greek.

The Stylites by Theophanes the Greek depicting Hebrews 11:35
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About Theophanes the Greek

1340-1410 · Byzantine Greek (worked in Russia)

Theophanes the Greek was a Byzantine-trained icon painter and muralist who worked in Constantinople, Novgorod, and Moscow. Among his surviving works are the frescoes at the Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyin Street (Novgorod, 1378) and icons of the Deësis tier at the Annunciation Cathedral in Moscow.