The Dormition Icon (cast?)

[☦Marius☦]

Does anyone know what the small cast Icon/statue used during the Russian tradition Dormition service is called? I would like to have one made for a monastery but need to know the name

It looks like this except is smaller (4-5 inches long) and usually held on a plate for veneration after the procession. They usually surround it in rose petals?

And It is separate from the shroud. It is usually placed on the alter after vigil.

 

[ArmyMatt]

never seen this, hmmm

 

[All4Christ]

Does anyone know what the small cast Icon/statue used during the Russian tradition Dormition service is called? I would like to have one made for a monastery but need to know the name

It looks like this except is smaller (4-5 inches long) and usually held on a plate for veneration after the procession. They usually surround it in rose petals?

And It is separate from the shroud. It is usually placed on the alter after vigil.
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I’ve never seen that either. We do have the cloth icon shroud like this:



(Ours uses English though.). We don’t have any statues in our parish though, cast or otherwise.

 

[~Anastasia~]

Same here. We have Dormition icons. No statues at all. (Unless you want to count the Nativity scene that gets put up, and of course it's not statues - just ceramic figurines.)

 

[☦Marius☦]

Looks like this: only smaller.

 

[ArmyMatt]

hmm, maybe that's a local thing.

 

[All4Christ]

I’ve been looking online for a good chunk of time but haven’t found anything.

 

[☦Marius☦]

hmm, maybe that's a local thing.

We did it at Hermitage. The picture above is from dornition church in Jerusalem

 

[prodromos]

Looks like this: only smaller.

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The above is an icon, similar to the one we have of Christ which we take down off the cross at Pascha.

 

[prodromos]

I’ve never seen that either. We do have the cloth icon shroud like this:

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This is known as the Epitaphios in Greek. I'm not sure if the Russians use a transliteration of the same or a translation.

 

[prodromos]

We did it at Hermitage. The picture above is from dornition church in Jerusalem

Isn't the Dormition Church in Jerusalem a Catholic Church?

 

[☦Marius☦]

This is known as the Epitaphios in Greek. I'm not sure if the Russians use a transliteration of the same or a translation.

Isn't the Dormition Church in Jerusalem a Catholic Church?

Epitaphios is the burial shroud. We used a burial shroud but the statue was laid on top during vigil then brought to the altar for liturgy. I was told it was a Russian thing.

And I think it is split between much like the COTHS, but I could be wrong. Either way...

 

[buzuxi02]

Epitaphios is the burial shroud. We used a burial shroud but the statue was laid on top during vigil then brought to the altar for liturgy. I was told it was a Russian thing.

And I think it is split between much like the COTHS, but I could be wrong. Either way...

Looks like this: only smaller.

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In that photo it's an icon with a golden silver riza overlaid over the icon:

Riza - Wikipedia

 

[ArmyMatt]

We did it at Hermitage. The picture above is from dornition church in Jerusalem

I am not denying its Orthodoxy, just giving a reason why some of us (like me) haven't seen it.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Epitaphios is the burial shroud. We used a burial shroud but the statue was laid on top during vigil then brought to the altar for liturgy. I was told it was a Russian thing.

if it is a Russian thing, I have never seen it

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Isn't the Dormition Church in Jerusalem a Catholic Church?

Yes, it looks to be Roman catholic (Abbey of the Dormition) and Benedictine, although there are some Icons.

Abbey of the Dormition - Wikipedia

Abbey of the Dormition - Wikipedia

 

[All4Christ]

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