{"id":1565,"date":"2018-03-07T16:43:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesacredartgallery.com\/?page_id=1565"},"modified":"2022-02-11T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T18:19:13","slug":"russian-icons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thesacredartgallery.com\/artists\/russian-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t
An icon is an image of a holy person or event, created by an iconographer who follows the strict standards of the Orthodox Church. These unique artifacts of the Old Russian Orthodox Church - circa 17th and 18th Century, were excavated from the ruins of destroyed churches during The Great Purge or ... more<\/a><\/span>