In Russian iconographic tradition the Lord Almighty (Pantocrator) can be depicted in full length, sitting on a throne, or only to the waist or the chest.
The left hand is holds the Gospel of Christ or scroll, and the right extends in blessing. The Gospel can be either open, or closed. Its deployed pages convey various sayings of the Savior.
The age of Jesus Christ on the Icon “Lord Almighty ” corresponds to the period of his preaching. His straight hair down to his shoulders, and on the Face there is a short beard and small mustache. Around the head of Jesus there is the cross nimbus, characteristic for His image only.
As time goes by, on the Gospel and inside the nimbus they began to place only two Greek letters “alpha” and “omega” – the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, which are associated with the sense of the following lines of the “Apocalypse”: “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith Lord, who is and who was and is to come, the Almighty “ (Rev. 1:8).
According to the canon the Savior is portrayed in clothes that he wore during the earthly life. The green (sometimes blue) color of the cape symbolizes spirituality (heaven), the red shirt means the human nature of Christ, martyrdom (the color of blood ) and regal (purple is considered a king’s color). Thus, the Savior’s garment symbolize the connection of spiritual, heavenly and earthly.
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Dog tag “The Icon of the Blessed Virgin of Kazan” is made from stainless steel with golden enamel. It represents an iconographical relief breast-deep image of the Blessed Virgin in characteristic clothes with her head inclined to the Baby. The Baby Christ is depicted strictly full face, the figure is limited waist-deep, only his right hand with a benedictory (two-fingered) gesture is visible. The bottom of the dog tag is decorated with traditional ornament and a legend in Slavic letters: “THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD SAVE AND PROTECT”.
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Dog tag “Navy Units of the Border Guards Service” (Skull) is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is the image of the flag of the ships and boats of the Border Troops overlaid with the symbol of the “dead head” in a black cap.
The basis of the flag is the Navy (St. Andrew’s) Russian flag: a waving green cloth with dark blue diagonal cross edged with white stripe.
At the top of the tag is the inscription: “RUSSIA”, at the bottom – an abbreviation:”VMF” which stands for “Navy”. -
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It represents a bust of a skeleton in a green beret and and a camo suit, holding a knife in his hand and surrounded by a pool of blood.
Below is an inscription: ”SPECIAL FORCES’” written in a swift dynamic style.
The image of the dog tag is based on the emblem laid on the patches of special forces unit “Viking” of the 20th Special Forces detachment of Russian Internal Troops. The detachment was disbanded in 2010.
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The dog tag is made of stainless steel with enamel.
It is a version of the medieval emblem of death – the Merciless Reaper – for combat swimmers and subversive groups of the Navy.
The skeleton, symbolizing the frailty of the flesh, wears a diving suit instead of the black cloak with a hood, and squeezes a dagger instead of the scythe in its bony hand.
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An Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of “Saint Michael the Archangel”.
St. Michael the Archangel is one of the most revered Archangels in Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
Many Russian flags conveyed his image, for Michael is worshiped as the supreme commander of God's army.
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An Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of “Our Lady of Vladimir” (The Vladimir Madonna).
This miraculous icon of the Virgin is one of the most revered relics of the Russian Church.
The icon is a half-length portrait of the Virgin in a dark red shawl, with Christ Child on the right hand, Who hugs His Mother’s neck and clings with His cheek to hers in a gentle gusty movement.
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An Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of “Our Lady of Smolensk” (Hodegetria).
According to legend, the icon was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist in the earthly life of the Virgin Mary.
The iconographic image of the Smolensk Icon is similar to the Iver Icon of Our Lady (the Iverskaya Virgin). The only difference is in the severity of facial expressions and the location of the figures of Our Lady and Christ Child.
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An Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of “Our Lady of Jerusalem”.
The Virgin of Jerusalem is an image of Hodegetria, bowed to Crist Child’s head, as in Eleusa (Tenderness) iconographic type.
According to legend, it is one of 70 icons of Our Lady by St. Luke the Evangelist, painted in the year of the Assumption (death) of the Virgin Mary – 15th year after the Ascension of the Lord.
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