The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Antoniada Library 5)
Language: Bulgarian—English (bilingual)

    The study centers on the icon called “The Embrace” (Ὁ Ἀσπασμός) from the Karakallou Monastery on Mount Athos. The two figures, depicted from the waist up, seizing the entire space of the icon, are embraced: the apostle Peter’s hands are almost concluded on the apostle Paul’s back, and their cheeks meet, a symbol that together they uphold the idea of the Church, that they accept to share a common destiny. The icon is identified as the work of an anonymous painter from the Cretan School of the end of the 15th century...

Атониада. Св. Апостоли Петър и Павел

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