Murom’s Wonderworkers, with scenes from the life of Sts. Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia

Iconography:  Peter of Murom, St., Febronia of Murom, St., Constantine of Murom, Michael of Murom, Feodor of Murom, Juliania Lazarevskaya, Hagiographic cycle of Peter and Fevronia

Date: XVII century. 1669

Origin: From the St. George Church in Murom

Material: Wood, tempera

Dimensions:  height 128 cm, width 130 cm

In the center are the figures of all Murom’s wonderworkers: princes Constantine, Michael and Theodor, Peter, Fevronia and the righteous Juliania Lazarevskaya. They are shown praying to the Mother of God placed in a segment of heaven. The hagiographic cycle has the same composition as does the Peter and Fevronia iconographic cycle, with a panorama of Murom in the centerpiece, though the border scenes are placed in the other, traditional sequence - in horizontal registers the full-width of the icon. The upper left corner depicts Murom’s kremlin, which is not part of the hagiographic cycle, representing itself a replica of the centerpiece of an earlier icon (catalogue No 17). 


Border scenes: 

1. The princess tells prince Paul about the serpent 

2. Prince Paul orders Peter to kill the serpent 

3. Peter finds Agric’s sword 

4. Peter shows Paul Agric’s sword to Paul and his sister-and-law 

5. Peter finds the serpent at his sister-in-law’s house 

6. Peter kills the serpent 

7. Peter’s illness 

8. Peter leaves for the Ryazan land 

9. Peter’s messenger visiting Fevronia 

10. The messenger tells Peter that Fevronia agreed to heal him 

11. Peter agrees to be treated by Fevronia 

12. The servant passes Peter’s answer to Fevronia 

13. The preparation of bath and remedies for Peter 

14. Peter being told about the treatment method 

15. Fevronia being tested for wisdom 

16. Fevronia gives answer to the prince 

17. The healing of Peter 

18. Peter sends gifts to Fevronia but refuses to marry her 

19. The departure and return of the sick Peter 

20. The recovery of Peter 

21. The wedding feast in Murom 

22. The reign of Peter in Murom 

23. The boyars slander Fevronia, her experience 

24. The Murom boyars demands the expulsion Fevronia 

25. Fevronia demans that her husband be returned to her 

26. Peter and Fevronia sail on boats 

27. The miracle of the blossoming trees 

28. The boyars’ feud in Murom 

29. The messengers arrive from Murom to take back Peter and Fevronia 

30. The return of Peter and Fevronia to Murom 

31. Peter and Fevronia vow to die in the same hour, the making of a coffin 

32. Peter and Fevronia takes monastic vows 

33. Fevronia being told that Peter would die soon while embroidering air 

34. Fevronia being told once again that Peter would die soon 

35. The dormition of Peter and Fevronia 

36. The laying of the bodies of Peter and Fevronia in separate coffins 

37. The transfer of the coffins to separate churches 

38. The miraculous re-unification of the saints’ bodies in one grave 

39. The second laying of the bodies of Peter and Fevronia in separate coffins 

40. The second re-unification of the saints’ bodies in one grave, the healing from the relics 

Deposited in the Museum in 1935. Restored in the Grabar Restoration Center in 1993 by T.M.Mosunova 

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