A fascinating painting of Christ in Russia

A fascinating painting of Christ in Russia 2015-08-07T11:25:24-06:00

 

Jesus and the ancient Rus
“Saintly Rus” (Святая Русь), by Mikhail Nesterov
(Please click on the image to enlarge it.)

 

 

My friend Mark Stoddard handed me a photocopied reproduction of this painting an hour or two ago.  Mikhail Nesterov (1862-1942) was a leading Russian religious painter, and this work reflects very old Russian folk traditions of a visit by Jesus to the ancient Russians, the Kievan Rus.

 

What a weird idea, that the resurrected Jesus visited people outside of Palestine!

 

Posted from the 17th annual FairMormon conference

Provo, Utah

 

 


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