Feodorovsky Cathedral

[Tania]

Sorry FA, my fingers obviously were typing one thing, while my mind wandered a second. Thanks for the correction.
Lol, i think it was one of those ms moments...not all the timers  ; )


Tatiana+

[vladm]

Ok I am back from my business trip, but not for long time, here we go - new photos from 1908-1914 period:

[vladm]

Fedorovskiy Cathedrial bell installation - February 12, 1912




Celebration procession in honor of the Icon Fedorovskiy Holly Mother

[ChristineM]

What truly remarkable photographs.   Thank you VladM.

tsaria

[rgt9w]

Thank you for the pictures you posted, especially the bell.

[vladm]

[vladm]

[vladm]

Initial inspiration for new Cathedral, Nicholas got from the icon Fyodorovskaya Mother of God.
Known story of the icon begins from 1164 at the church St Theodore Stratilat. Russians always had a hard time pronouncing foreign names like Theodore, and icon, become Fyodorovskaya.
Later 1239 icon was moved to Kostroma, and acquired alias - Kostromskaya.
In front of the icon, 17-years-old Michael Romanoff agreed to the throne, and this icon become guardian angel for the Romanoff’s family.
Icon was stored at the Monastery of St. Hypatius. 1910 by Imperial request was made copy for Fyodorovsky Cathedrial.
Following photos Monastery of St. Hypatius done before 1914 in color, by Prokudin-Gorsky's





more photos can be found:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokcolor.html
http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/collection.htm

or some of the restored:
http://www.prok.uniyar.ac.ru/photo/index.php

[vladm]

Here the original icon Fyodorovskaya Mother of God: