Ustiujna

Russia. Vologda region. Ustiuzhna District

Church of Kazan icon of Mother of God

Interior. North wall

2009-08-07

Ceiling vault (from left): Nativity of the Mother of God; Presentation in the Temple; Annunciation. Top row (from left): Christ before Annas; Christ before Caiaphas; Christ before Pilate, “What is truth?”; Pilate washing his hands; Christ delivered to crucifixion; bearing of the cross; the Crucifixion; Descent from the Cross. Frescoes over windows (from left): Tikhvin Icon of Mother of God; Don Icon of Mother of God. Fourth row (left): Parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Third row, from left: Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda; Christ healing a blind man. Second row, from left: the Angel freeing St. Peter from the dungeon; Mary and the Christ Child; the Acts of St. Barnabas and St. Paul. First row: the Life of St. Catherine

© Photographs by William Brumfield