Gold-Embroidered Epimanikia with Dedicatory Inscriptions from Bolsheretskiy Ostrog (Kamchatka) in Athonite Monastery of Iviron

The current assignment discusses the relationships of the monasteries of Mount Athos with Russia, based on two gold-embroidered vestments which are kept in sacristy of Athonite monastery of Iviron. The ecclesiastical vestment is kept in the sacristy of the Iviron’s monastery and it is a pair of cuffs (epimanikia), gifts from devoted Christians from Bolsheretskiy ostrog of Kamchatka peninsula. The pair of cuffs from Iviron constitutes a presumption of religious devotion from simple and devoted Christians, as reasonably is reflected in the dedicatory inscription. The heirlooms of the monastery of Iviron emphasize on the old-century spiritual and socio-economic relations of the Athonite monasteries with Russia, which as a matter of fact persist till these days