The Icon of the Virgin and the Child with Archangels, and Saints. Work of the Artist-Priest Emmanuel Tzanes (1668) From the Sacristy of the Monastery of Varlaam/Meteora-Thessaly

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: CHATZOULI, Glykeria. The Icon of the Virgin and the Child with Archangels, and Saints. Work of the Artist-Priest Emmanuel Tzanes (1668) From the Sacristy of the Monastery of Varlaam / Meteora-Thessaly. The monastery of Varlaam is located in the north-west of Thessaly amongst the group of monasteries known as Meteora. The monastery has been founded by the hiero-monks brothers Nektarios and Theophanes Apsaras from Epiros, who were descended from the noble family of Apsaras. Amongst the treasures of the Varlaam monastery is the icon (dimensions: 47,3 x 48 x 2 cm) of the Virgin holding the Christ child with archangels (Michael, Gabriel) on either side and surrounded by the apostles and evangelists (Peter, Paul, John the Theologian, Matthew, Mark, Luke, Andrew, Simon, Philip, Jacob, Bartholomew, Thomas) as well as the hierarch saints (Nicolas, Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian, Basil, Spyridon) along the vertical and horizontal borders. infer Stavrinos Epirotian family Tzamandon.