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Icon; painted; the Evangelist St John is depicted on the island of Patmos dictating to his scribe Prochoros a passage from the Apocalypse. The Evangelist is seated and turns his head to look at an angel behind him. Both the saint and Prochoros sit in a rocky landscape near a cave. Above the figures is the symbol of the Evangelist – a lion holding a gospel enclosed by clouds. Inscription: in ...
Feb 12, 2021 · Icons of Saint John the Evangelist and Prochorus (1 C, 6 F) ... Icon with St John the Evangelist in Silence by Nektary Kulyuksin.jpg 2,410 × 3,249; 4.64 MB.
Jul 1, 2023 · St. John was one of the original twelve apostles 1 and has been traditionally taken to be the author of the fourth gospel. Thus he is always in images of the four evangelists and of the apostles as a group. When he is among the evangelists or apostles an eagle may be used as his attribute ( example ) or as a symbol representing him ( example ...
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Exquisitely painted, these icons represent the height of icon painting during the last decades of Byzantine rule from Constantinople. Detailed representations of the Baptism of Christ and the Anastasis, the Easter image of the Orthodox Church, animate the major events with related narratives.
The saint conveys the text inscribed on the page, “In the beginning was [the Word],” to Prochorus, who copies it onto a scroll. This is the opening line of the Gospel of John, also composed by the Evangelist. The outer wings depict the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel, at left, told the Virgin Mary, at right, that she would give ...
Media in category "Icons of Saint John the Evangelist and Prochorus". The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Ikona Svatý Jan Evangelista.jpg 251 × 330; 15 KB. John at patmos n.novgorod.jpg 670 × 888; 599 KB. John the Evangelist and Prochorus by E.Lambardos (1602).jpg 2,385 × 3,605; 582 KB.
Icon John's inspiration comes from the angel whose hand is shown in the upper left, and he then dictates it to his assistant, the deacon Prochorus, who puts it down in writing for us. This sequence emphasizes the theme of "tradition," literally the "handing on" of revelation.
