The Fathers of the Greek-Orthodox Church. Left to right, Basilios of Caesarea, Grogorios of Nazianzus, and Gregorios of Nyssa. Eleventh Century Mosaic, Church of Sait Sophia, Kiev.

The Virgin of Vladamir, painted in Constantinople and brought to Russia in the mid-twelfth century. It had a great influence on Russian icon painters. Only the faces in the icon are original. The rest was later overpainted. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.