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for Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
Object number2004.143.3
Date1920
MediumPaper; Wood; Glass; Metal
Credit LineGift of John Righetti
DescriptionFramed color print. The icon of the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Image of Mary holding Jesus at the foot of the cross with angels beside and above them.Dimensions22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm)Historical NotesIcon used in the Carpatho-Rusyn church, St. John the Baptist Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, in Ambridge, PA when the church first opened in 1922.Label TextReligious images such as these were found in almost all Carpatho-Rusyn homes. The use of these pictorial representations of religious figures was an important aspect of the religious culture and traditions among this ethnic group. The word icon comes from the Greek word eikon, meaning image.
Related institution
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
(founded 1922)
Subjects
On View
On view
1966-1970
1905-1915
c. 1965
