Historical icon
Saint George of Novgorod
- Dating
- Approximately 1130
- Origin
- Veliky Novgorod; Yuriev Monastery
- Author / school
- Unknown
About the icon
The Great Martyr George is shown as a standing warrior. The icon served as a principal church image associated with Saint George's Cathedral at Yuriev Monastery and is among the oldest surviving Rus' icons of the saint.
An icon is an image for prayer. The description explains theological meaning and prayer tradition; it does not promise an outcome.
Source and image rights
Saint George, Novgorod school, c. 1130; public-domain faithful reproduction via Wikimedia Commons.
Public domain