{"id":2194,"date":"2026-04-21T11:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/?page_id=2194"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:15","slug":"karaliskiu-cerkves-ikonu-teologine-prasme-ir-menine-verte-the-theological-meaning-and-artistic-value-of-the-icons-from-the-karaliskiai-one-believers-orthodox-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/archyvas\/turinys-t-18\/karaliskiu-cerkves-ikonu-teologine-prasme-ir-menine-verte-the-theological-meaning-and-artistic-value-of-the-icons-from-the-karaliskiai-one-believers-orthodox-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Karali\u0161ki\u0173 cerkv\u0117s ikon\u0173 teologin\u0117 prasm\u0117 ir menin\u0117 vert\u0117 \/ The Theological Meaning and Artistic Value of the Icons from the Karali\u0161kiai One Believers\u2019 Orthodox Church (Summary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karolina Bukovskyt\u0117 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/04_MIS-18___2025_Bukovskyte.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>(PDF)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/04_MIS-18___2025_Bukovskyte.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53631\/MIS\/2025.18.3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This research draws upon archival materials and examines previously unstudied exhibits within the collection of the National Museum of Lithuania. The study is dedicated to uncovering the religious heritage of one particular Christian denomination \u2013 One Believers, focusing on the icons that were transferred from the Orthodox church of the Holy Mother of God in Karali\u0161kiai. The article further situates the artifacts within their historical context, with particular attention to the circumstances under which this group was relocated by the Soviet regime to the former Museum of Atheism in Vilnius as part of broader efforts to diminish the influence of religion and to assert its ideological supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>The publication is dedicated to read and interpret the sacred images of archaic iconography completed by inscriptions in Old Church Slavonic language. It aims to examine the value of mentioned icons in the context of museological collections of controversial heritage as well as also contributes to a deeper understanding of their technical, stylistic, and aesthetic features. Linking each icon to the theological ideas and their development. The article also presents these aspects along with their ceremonial role in the local communal cult practices.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, described examples of the Orthodox art dated by the late 19th \u2013 early 20th century are classified as belonging to the Baltic Sea region icon painting school and preliminary attributed to the workshop of Gavril Frolov (1854\u20131930). Consequently, these objects came to be situated within the diverse and significant legacy of the peculiar religious community together with the highlighted as the valuable part of the specific and illegitimate collection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords: <\/strong>Lithuania, museum collections, sacred heritage, religious art, icons, Gavriil Frolov\u2019s icon painting school, iconography, orthodox churches, One Believers<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karolina Bukovskyt\u0117 (PDF) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53631\/MIS\/2025.18.3 This research draws upon archival materials and examines previously unstudied exhibits within the collection of the National Museum of Lithuania. The study is dedicated to uncovering the religious heritage of one particular Christian denomination \u2013 One Believers, focusing on the icons that were transferred from the Orthodox church of the Holy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/archyvas\/turinys-t-18\/karaliskiu-cerkves-ikonu-teologine-prasme-ir-menine-verte-the-theological-meaning-and-artistic-value-of-the-icons-from-the-karaliskiai-one-believers-orthodox-church\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2196,"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194\/revisions\/2196"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arthistorystudies.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}