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One of the most honored icons of Moscow was the miraculous icon of Spas the All-Merciful, for which was built a chapel near the Moskvoretsky Bridge. The icon was located there until 1920, and many believers visited the temple to see it. In 1920, after the beginning of anti religious campaigns, the chapel was closed and the icon was sent to a wood storage for heating the furnaces. But miraculously good people kept the icon and didn’t let it burn in the ovens.
After almost 100 years, in 2016, the gallery Arbat Fine Art has found and bought the icon of Spas Moskvoretsky. At the moment of discovery it was black and completely unrecognisable.
It took a lot of work to wash, restore and attribute the miraculous image. The director of the gallery Andrey Kondrashov managed to bring back to life one of the most important sanctity of Moscow.
Thanks to a respected patron, who paid for all expenses, today the icon is located in Saint Basil’s Cathedral, in Red Square. Anyone can observe it and bow to the ancient image.
Icon of Spas All-Merciful Moskvoretsky was painted in the XVII century. Its dimensions are 150x125cm.
