The Synod expressed gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his decision to return to the mausoleum of Prince Alexander Nevsky and the “Trinity” icon of Andrei Rublev of the Russian Orthodox Church (PRC). This is stated in the accepted resolution of the Synod published on area CHC.
“To express our deep gratitude to the Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for the decisions taken to return the historical shrine to the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the icon of the Holy Trinity painted by the Monk Andrei Rublev. Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, who believed in the Holy Right, ”says the verdict of the Synod.
It was previously reported that Putin. He made a decision On the return of the Trinity icon to the Russian Orthodox Church. The image will be open for worship in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior for a year, after which the icon will occupy a historical place in the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra. It has been in the collection of the “Trinity” Tretyakov Gallery since 1929.
The Russian Ministry of Culture also reported that the icon of Andrei Rublev will be exhibited on June 4 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. It has been announced that it will be stored in a special capsule that protects the humidity and temperature conditions. After the image is restored as planned, it will be transferred to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.