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Russian Orthodox Religion correct answers Russian branch of Eastern Orthodox Church Orthodox/Pravoslavnyi correct answers Right-praising, right-believing What language is worship service in? correct answers Russian Church Slavonic language What calendar does the Russian Church follow? correct answers Julian Calendar (13 days after Gregorian) What kind of art do Orthodox churches value? correct answers Art created for the glory of God Icon = ? correct answers Icon = Image What is the goal of icon? correct answers Goal of icon is human's communion with God. Focus our worship on greater reality. Describe Russian Orthodox Church interior correct answers -service chanted -no instruments except bells -worshippers stand What is iconostasis? correct answers Icon stand or wall of icons. Separates altar from worshippers. Iconostasis often has doors for clergy. Where did the first icons in Russia come from? correct answers Byzantium, Easter Roman Empire, seat of Easter Orthodox Church Our Lady of Vladimir, c. 1120 correct answers -Stron Byzantine influence -Painted in Constantinople, taken to Russia -Deeply venerated, symbolic of Russia -Today in Tretyakov gallery When did Novgorod Art reach its peak? correct answers 14th to 16th centuries What influences did Novgorod Art combine? correct answers Byzantine and folk influences Name an important Novgorod artist correct answers Theophanes the Greek, came to Russia from Constantinople. Known for his frescoes. What do many of the best-known Novgorod icons feature? correct answers St. George and the Dragon When does Novgorod decline? correct answers 15th century as Moscow gains in importance, including its art.