The Christ of Dostoevsky
"The Christ of Dostoevsky", acrylic on canvas, 2021, Bishop Maxim
His eyes have a gaze as if they were teary, in pain, looking at the suffering people. It is the same Christ of all humankind, but here he expresses himself as the Christ of Dostoevsky who answers the prayers of the unfortunate and the desperate. Yet, the illumination of a character in the style of a Byzantine icon, the majesty of a neck holding the head of a God-man, seems to be a work of art, not only humble but also expelling and twisted iconography. It is an icon of redemption.