Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), talked about the seizure of Russian shrines after the Trinity icon was moved to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra for free use by Russian artist Andrei Rublev. Her quotes Press service of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He described this event as historic.
“Today we symbolically witness that the country lives in a different time, in a different era. The time when shrines were withdrawn from the Church – hopefully irreversibly – has passed, and the time has come when shrines of great cultural, historical value are returned to the Church,” he said. Russian Orthodox Church.
He also expressed hope that “that terrible time, when, under the guise of confiscating the valuables of the church, the shrines of the Russian land were confiscated and our people were deprived of the opportunity to pray in front of them, has irrevocably gone to the past.” ”
“Trinity” XV. It was created in the first quarter of the century, in 1929 it was transferred to the State Tretyakov Gallery. On May 15, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered the icon in the Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Before the transfer, Andrey Rublev’s “Trinity” icon it will include Until July 19, in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, so that on July 18, believers can pray in front of this icon on the feast of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
Formerly Tretyakov Gallery and Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra signed Agreement on the transfer of “Trinity”.