“Trinity” by Andrei Rublev was temporarily removed from the iconostasis in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The climate chamber it is in is brokentranslated

The Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev, transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2023, was removed from the iconostasis in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, two sources told RBC - in the professional community and in the Lavra.

The icon was removed to check the condition of the climate chamber in which it is located. The camera, according to the publication, “may require repairs.” According to one of the publication’s interlocutors, the icon is “in the laurel, but not in the iconostasis.” In turn, RBC’s source at the Lavra stated that rumors about the poor condition of the icon are unreliable. According to him, the condition of Trinity is not cause for concern.

On September 12, “Echo”, as well as religious researcher Ksenia Luchenko, with a link to sources, reported that the special climate chamber in which the icon is located was broken. The icon, according to them, is kept in conditions of 80 percent humidity. At the same time, experts insist that it must be stored at a humidity of 50-55%.

Ksenia Luchenko’s source said that the leadership of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra “for some time was afraid to inform the Tretyakov Gallery, realizing that things were bad with the icon.”

On September 13, the Moscow Patriarchate released a statement in which it said that a “planned verification of the state of preservation of the icon” is currently being carried out...