The events marking the 525th anniversary of the construction of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral took place in the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes. Pupils attended the lecture on the history of this church on September 22. The archival pre-revolutionary photographs of the cathedral were first presented at the lesson. Besides, the children learnt about restoration of the ancient architectural monument, its originality and the frescoes of Dionisy. Then the presentation “Warrior and Custodian” about V.I. Vyushin who had guarded the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral alone within almost 30 years was held in the administrative building of the museum. The visitors were told about earlier unknown data about the military feat of Valentin Vyushin in the Great Patriotic War during his participation in the battles near Velikiye Luki.
One more event was a presentation of the book titled “Presentation in the Temple” written by Alexander Mikhaylovich Kopirovsky, Professor of the St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute, art critic and Candidate of Pedagogic Sciences. Father Georgy (Kochetkov), Orthodox theologian, catechist, founder and rector of the St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute; first pro-rector Dmitry Gasak, teachers and graduates of this religious educational institution attended the meeting.
The book “Presentation in the Temple” contains some articles of Alexander Kopirovsky about masterpieces of church art and painting on the Christian subject. Each section describes this or that element of the church: architecture, murals, icons and so on. Some photographs of the architectural monuments of the Ferapontov Monastery given to the author by the museum were used as illustrations to the articles. This book is destined for students of theological and other directions of the humanities in the universities. Later its presentation took place in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve that became a part of the tour for Moscow’s guests. Several examples of the book were given by the author to the museum scientific library during the meeting.
