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Rublev's "Trinity" was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral

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The icon “Holy Trinity” by Andrei Rublev was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra after completion of work to adjust the climate capsule, ensuring the safety of the masterpiece.

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The icon was painted by Andrei Rublev in the 15th century. In 2023, the President of the Russian Federation ordered the transfer of the icon to the Church from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.

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The Icon of the Holy Trinity by Andrei Rublev was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra after completion of the adjustment of the climate capsule in which it was located, the press service of the Tretyakov Gallery told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the gallery’s press service told RIA Novosti that Andrei Rublev’s icon of the Holy Trinity is in the restoration workshops of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra; employees of the State Tretyakov Gallery checked its condition. As Olga Galaktionova, general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, clarified, the climate capsule in which Andrei Rublev’s icon of the Holy Trinity was located needed adjustment.

“The Trinity icon was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in the presence of employees of the Tretyakov Gallery. Specialists from the Tretyakov Gallery will continue to monitor the work of the climatic showcase in which the icon is located,” the message says.

Andrei Rublev, canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church, painted "The Holy Trinity" in the 15th century for the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The authorities seized it from the Church in 1929 and transferred it to the State Tretyakov Gallery. In 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the return to the Church of a masterpiece of ancient Russian icon painting.