Events & Calendars "Objects of Worship: Icons, Crosses, Pendants and Other Articles of Faith in the Russian Orthodox Tradition"

Icons were important in the church, in daily life and in the homes of the Russian people. Throughout Russia’s many internal and external struggles, the icon provided a sense of identity, consolation and renewal. Russian icons express originality and imagination in design as well as the use of color and folk motifs. This exhibit of 18th- and 19th-century objects includes several painted icons as well as many smaller traveling icons made of brass and brightly colored enamel.