P14 - St. John Chrysostom

16th Century-Russian. Doors of the Holy Gates Of Paradise.

The representation of the Annuncion on the Holy Gates symbolizes the dogma of the Incarnation. St. John Chrysostom was the Patriarch of Constantinople and so eloquent a preacher that he was given the Epithet "GOLDEN MOUTHED".

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