André Roublev

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Saint André Roublev (Andreï Roublev ou Roubliov, en russe: Андрей Рублёв ; 1360? - 29 janvier, 1430) est considéré comme un des plus grands iconographes de tous les temps. Il a vécu en Russie et a été moine. Il est commémoré dans l'Église orthodoxe le 4 juillet.

Vie et œuvre

On connaît peu des détail sur sa vie. André Roublev a voulu se faire moine dès sa jeunesse, au Monastère de la Sainte Trinité (nommé plus tard Laure de la Trinité-Saint-Serge (Serguiev Possad, Russie)), sous l'influence de la personnalité de l'higoumène du monastère, le saint Serge de Radonège.

Pourtant, il semble que St Serge l'a envoyé ailleurs, au Monastère Spaso-Andronikov, fondé par St Andronicus (13 juin). Ici il fut tonsuré moine et c'est toujours ici qu'il a commencé l'étude de l'iconographie avec Theophanes the Greek et un autre moine, Daniel.

La première référence to his work appeared in 1405, when he is said to have written icons and frescoes in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow with Theophanes and another iconographer named Prochorus. In 1408 he and Daniel, his fellow monastic, painted frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir. Finally, he and Daniel were asked to paint the new church of Holy Trinity Monastery, where Andrei had grown up, after the monastery was destroyed by Tatars in 1408. This was about the time that he painted the only surviving icon credited as entirely his work - the Trinity, or Hospitality of Abraham.

Andrei Rublev reposed at Andronikov Monastery on January 29, 1430. He was glorifed by the Church in 1988.

Sélection d'icônes

Rublev's most famous icon depicts the three angels who appeared to Abraham and Sarah. The angels are considered a type of the Holy Trinity; accordingly, this scene is the only one in which iconographers are allowed to depict God the Father.
  • Ascension du Christ (ca. 1408)
  • Theotokos de Vladimir (ca. 1405)
  • Christ the Redeemer (ca. 1410)
  • Apôtre Paul (ca. 1410s)

Voir Wikimedia Commons: Category:Andrej Rublëv pour images.

Hymnes

Tropaire (Ton 3)

Shining with the rays of divine light,
O venerable Andrew,
You knew Christ the wisdom and power of God.
By means of the image of the Holy Trinity
You preached to all the world the Holy Trinity in unity.
And we, with amazement and joy, cry out to you:
As you have boldness before the Most Holy Trinity
Pray that the Uncreated Light
May illumine our souls!

Kontakion (Ton 2)

Like a trumpet, you clearly sounded the sweetness of divine hymns,
And were revealed as a brilliant beacon shining on the world with the light of the Trinity.
Therefore, we all cry to you, venerable Andrew:
"Unceasingly pray for us all."

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