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Figure 97. Image of the icon of the Holly Mother "Burning Bush" (the end of the XVI
century; from the Veneration of the iconostasis of the Transfiguration Cathedral
Solovetsky monastery; Moscow Museum-Reserve "Kolomenskoye", Russia).
— ladder (sometimes on such icons the ladder is touch of the Holly Mother’ shoulder,
and sometimes instead of ladder is draw the Gate and the rod as a symbol of the Savior),
all these all of this symbolizes what the Holly Mother spiritually raises umanity "from
Earth to Heaven." On this icon among images there is the Archangel Gabriel with the
symbol of the glad tidings - a bough of lilies.
Anastasia: Yes, this icon is well-known to art critics, for example, by the image of the
XVI century of icon of the Holly Mother "Burning Bush", which comes from a local tier
of the iconostasis of Holy Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky monastery. Well
as many of people know about it. This type of icon exists almost in every Orthodox
family. But who from people pay attention to such significant details? In fact, whom do
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