In 1969, a fragment of the iconostasis was added to the museum's collection, found in 1965 by an expedition from the State Tretyakov Gallery in a closed church in the village of Tuchkovo, Selivanovsky District, Vladimir Region. The icons were in a state of emergency and were effectively saved from destruction. They were received by the Radishchev Museum with preventive seals. During the restoration process, the icons were reinforced and cleaned of later inscriptions. The first icon, "Saint Blessed Prince Fyodor," was unveiled in 1975 by the highest category restorer of the I.E. Grabar All-Russian Scientific Research and Restoration Center, G.V. Tsirul. The main restoration work was carried out by the highest category restorer O.A. Prigorodova with the participation of museum restorers.
Initially, the GTG expedition dated the iconostasis to the 17th century, and this dating remained unchanged after restoration.
The iconostasis consists of 29 icons, which are part of the Saratov Museum collection. One more icon is stored in the GTG. The whereabouts of two icons depicting the Most Holy Theotokos and Saint Prince Constantine of Murom are unknown.
The patriarchal-prophetic order consists of double-row icons. In the center of the upper row is the Trinity in the iconography of "Fatherland," and in the center of the lower row, the Most Holy Theotokos of the Oranta type. To the left of the center are the patriarchs and prophets: Adam and David, Abel and Isaiah, Abraham and Moses, Melchizedek and Jonah, Jacob and Haggai, Enoch and Daniel, Noah and Habakkuk. To the right of the center are: Seth and Solomon, Jared and Ezekiel, Isaac and Gideon, Malachi and Jonah, Reuben and Micah, Joseph and Zachariah, Benjamin and Nahum.
In the Deesis order, alongside the Most Holy Theotokos, John the Baptist, Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Saint Nicholas, and Metropolitans Peter, Alexy, Jonah, and Philip, the miracle-working princes of Murom, Constantine, Fyodor, and Michael, as well as Peter and Fevronia of Murom, are represented.
The images of native saints hold a special place in Russian iconography. Their veneration, which began in the 11th century, was established in the 15th century and received wide development from the 16th century, the time of famous councils and official canonization, framing the ideas of the divine election of the Russian church and state. From this time, the composition of the Deesis began to include images of church and secular figures from Russian history. The inclusion of locally revered Murom saints in the Deesis order is one of the features of this iconostasis.
The stone church in the village of Tuchkovo was built in 1874 with funds from merchant Platon Gerasimov. The church has three altars: the main one in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, in the refectory, in the name of Archangel Michael and Saint Martyr Platon. The refectory was consecrated in 1875, and the main church in 1881.
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