Saints Apostles

Origin: Possibly painted in Kursk or Borissovka – Russia
Age: End of XIXth Century – Beginning XXth Century
Composition: Details in gold, tempera on wood
Measures Cms: 68,5 X 134,5 X 3,0

Saint John the Baptist, The Archangel Gabriel, Apostles Peter, Philip, Pavel, Mark, Matttew, Luke, James, and Saint John the Theologian. They shared with Jesus their social life and educations. They were witnesses of his miracles. They lived through the pain and the fear of the passion and Jesus’s death. They celebrated the Resurrection. They went out to preach to the whole world following the order of their Teacher. The majority died
martyred.