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Sinai, Byzantium, Russia
Orthodox Art from the 6th to the 20th century
The exhibition is dedicated to the Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai.
This is the most impressive exhibition of such material for the last thirty
years. Not only the quantity - over 500 items, but, in the first place,
the highest artistic value of the objects selected make this exhibition
so significant and important. It is for the first time that works of chirch
art performed by masters of Byzantium, Georgia and Russia are exhibited
in the same context. The role of the Sinai monastery in the world culture
and its historical connections with Russia is the focus of the exhibition.
The exhibition is located in the Big Cathedral of Winter Palace, specially
restored for this project. In conjunction with the exhibition the catalogue
of 488 pages with full colour illustrations is published. The catalogue
is prepared by the Hermitage curators, the publisher - Paul Holberton
(London).
More about exhibition
More about Monastery of Saint Catherine at
Mount Sinai
More about Saint Catherine Foundation
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At the opening ceremony of the exhibition

The exhibition in the Big Cathedral of Winter Palace
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