FRESCOS FROM ROMANIAN SUCEVITA MONASTERIE

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FRESCOS FROM ROMANIAN SUCEVITA MONASTERIE

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Nov 17, 2021 7:17 pm

Stamp of Romania issued in 1969; commemorative stamp of the issue "Frescos from Romanian Monasteries"; the stamp is showing a fresco from the "Sucevita Monastery" in northeast Romania at the village Rădăuți (German name: "Radautz") at the banks of the Sucevița River; The stamp motive shows the fresco painting "Saint Nicholas calming down the storm" from the "Church of the Resurrection of Christ" of this monastery.
I have tried to find more on this fresco but could not find anything. It shows I believe a medieval ship, with three men standing near the mast and St Nicolas standing at the stern of the vessel.
By Navucula is given on the stamp:
Fresco fragment from the Sucevita monastery (3-masted Karracke built 1401-50 - of St. Nicholas of Myra)
Detail of a fresco from the Sucevita Monastery. The fresco is in the forefront of the monastery church. It shows an episode from the life of St. Nicholas of Myra. According to legend, he saved three shipwrecked pilgrims who had set out from Ephesus to bring back the sacred oil destined for a Christian chapel to the Temple of Diana.

The monastery Sucevita was built in 1585 under the rule of the Princes Ieremia Movila, Gheorge Movila, and Simion Movila. Contemporary this monastery belongs to the Eastern Orthodox Church
Sucevita frescoes are among the best-preserved examples of all sites of Moldavian paintings and were made at the beginning of Ieremia Movila’s reign, between 1595 and 1596. The frescoes were done by a team of painters led by John and his brother Sofronie. Unfortunately, legend has it that the brothers fell off the scaffoldings and died, so the church's western side remained unpainted.

Source: Wikipedia
Romania 1969 60b sg 3689, Scott 2045.
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