Posted on 01/25/2021 6:40:44 PM PST by marshmallow
In Moscow, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation handed over several early-18th-century icons to Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov and Porkhov, the abbot of the Pskov Caves Monastery.
At the request of His Eminence Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Pskov and Porkhov, a search was undertaken for a number of unique icons that were taken to Germany from the Pskov Diocese during the Nazi occupation in WWII.
After an extensive search by the Russian Special Services together with their German counterparts, 12 icons were found in a private collection abroad. The icons are a Menaion series, depicting the most revered saints in the Russian Church from January to December, reports Russian Gazette.
According to Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, an examination showed that the icons were painted in Pskov Caves Monastery workshop in the first third of the 18th century. After their return to their homeland, new kiots were made for them from Karelian birch.
Met. Tikhon thanked the Security Council for its efforts to return the precious icons.
“Our heritage is, unfortunately, scattered all over the world. Not all of us will be able to return, although no one has even set such a goal, but even those precious grains that return, find their home, return to their people—it’s beautiful, touching, and very important,” His Eminence stressed, adding that the newly returned icons will hold a worthy place in the life of Orthodox Christians in Pskov.
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The one I'm still waiting to be discovered is the fabled Amber Room looted by the Nazis. It was once called “the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Cool.
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Those former E Germans were selling everything that was stashed in caves.
I think the Russians got it. Been many years since I read about that, though...
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