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Rugalev icon glue angels abraham8/3/2023 The Book of Hebrews tells us that like Abraham and Sarah we too may have entertained angels unawares. That story is usually considered a demonstration of the hospitality of Abraham and Sarah. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.” (Genesis 18:1-8 WEB). He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.’ They said, ‘Very well, do as you have said.’ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, ‘Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.’ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, and said, ‘My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. Rublev went back to the Old Testament to pain the Trinity, to the story of Abraham and Sarah from Genesis 18: “Yahweh appeared to (Abraham) by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. The icon of Rublev, The Trinity, did for the Russian people. In pictured terms, the ideas take on new meaning. And their icons brought the presence of God and the angels, Christ and his mother, the saints into the present. But it was the dogma of the Trinity which mobilized the Russians to renew their faith and drive back the Tartars. In some of these areas were the dogma was most debated, Islam found ready converts-it seemed so simple and attractive. In the history of Christianity it has engendered fierce debates, violent persecutions and great confusion. It is not only ordinary people who find explaining the doctrine difficult, even theologians have a difficult time trying to do so. One mother of a student in my confirmation class gave the example of an apple-one fruit but with a red skin, white and meaty fruit and a pit. The Trinity is difficult to explain: One God in three persons, three personae, three hypostases-God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Many of the people were still pagan or nearly so having only the most rudimentary knowledge of Christianity. Russia in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was newly Christian. It is considered one of the greatest films of all time. It was an affirmation of the power of Christ and Orthodox Christianity known for its dogma of the Trinity. For a godless country under the communist regime, this movie by Tretyakov portrayed in dramatic ways an affirmation of faith in the worst of times. At the time the only official mention of religion was to ridicule it. The aim of the movie, made in 1966, was to portray the iconographer in secular times. The Soviet made the movie in black and white but at the end of the movie, the icons of Andrei Rublev were shown in color. One of the most powerful movies that I have ever seen is Rublev made in Soviet times about this icon writer and the desperate conditions he and his country faced. Sergius considered the feudal quarrels at the root of Russia’s problem and made the country an easy prey for their Muslim, Asiatic enemies. The Russian people were being led by petty and uncertain leaders. Russia at the time was despoiled by the Tartars, the Mongol invaders who laid waste to much of Europe as far as Krakow in Poland. Sergius of Radonezh, a leader of monastic revival in Russia in the late thirteenth century. The work was created for the abbot of Trinity Monastery, Nikon of Radonezh, the disciple of the famous St. Many scholars consider Rublev’s Trinity as the most perfect of all Russian icons and perhaps the most perfect one ever written. The title of the icon is The Holy Trinity and it was painted to illustrate the doctrine we celebrate today. In the center of the table there is a chalice and in the chalice a calf’s head. The wings of the angels are gold leaf the robes of the angels a beautiful blue. Perhaps the most famous icon in art history is one written by Andrei Rublev in about 1410.
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