Egg-fold "Kremlevskoe"

The artistic image of the warehouse is based on the main historical part of Moscow, its spiritual, religious, historical and artistic complex - the Moscow Kremlin. The Easter egg, standing on an openwork pedestal, is topped with the image of the Spasskaya Tower, a miniature replica of the tower located above the main gate of the Kremlin. The lower part of it is completed with a belt of arches decorated with a white stone lace pattern, and the pommel is crowned with one of the main state symbols of Russia - a double-headed eagle. This architectural structure was built in 1491 during the reign of Ivan III, and the Kremlin eagle, the symbol of the state, was installed later, in the middle of the 17th century. The Spasskaya Tower received its name in honor of the icon of the Savior of Smolensk, placed above the entrance gate of the Kremlin. In the history of Russian art, this was the first icon of the type "Savior with the Fallen", painted in gratitude for the capture of Smolensk in 1514. The first description of this image is found in Archdeacon Paul of Aleppo, who visited Moscow in the middle of the 17th century. The icon depicts the Savior in full growth with the Gospel open, and the greatest ascetics of the Russian land, Sergius of Radonezh and St. Barlaam of Khutyn, falling at his feet. In the upper part of the icon are images of Angels with instruments of the Passion of the Lord. A lamp burned at the gate icon, decorated with a gilded chasuble, and the clergy of St. Basil's Cathedral watched over its flame. There is a legend that in 1812 the French tried to steal the precious salary, but the shrine, having shown miraculous power, remained unharmed. When opened, the fold forms an iconostasis, in front of which a lamp flame is depicted in the very center of the product. Behind the fire is a miniature triptych with the central icon of St. Nicholas of Smolensk, the image of St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk with a sword and a temple in his hands, and the image of the Virgin "The Indestructible Wall." The iconography of the Savior of Smolensk is based on the vision of a blind nun of the Kremlin Ascension Monastery, which happened in 1521, when hordes of Magmet Giray approached Moscow. The Venerable Varlaam of Khutyn and Sergius of Radonezh, seeing the saints carrying out the shrines from the Kremlin, fell at their feet, asking: "For God's sake, come out of this city." The saints replied that they were leaving the Kremlin by the will of God, because the Muscovites had angered God and were being punished for this by the invasion of the Mongol-Tatars. Touched by the prayer of the saints, the miracle workers returned to the Kremlin, and Magmet Giray led his troops away without a fight. The folding is closed by the openwork wings of the egg with images of Cherubic Angels and rich floral ornaments. The twisted rings serve as the handles of the folding doors. The design of the folding base is based on a complex carved structure decorated with dovetail-shaped elements and a monumental pedestal made in the form of a column base. At the end of the monumental base are the words of the troparion to the Cross of the Lord: "Save, O Lord, Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, granting victory to the Orthodox Christians in the resistance, and preserving Thine habitation by Thy Cross."