White Angel

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Myrrhbearers on Christ's Grave.
The White Angel.

White Angel (Serbian: Бели анђео / Beli anđeo) is a detail of one of the most well-known frescoes in Serbian culture[1] in the Mileševa monastery, Mironosnice na Hristovom grobu (Myrrhbearers on Christ's Grave), dated c. 1235 in Serbia during the reign of King Stephen Vladislav I of Serbia. Considered one of the most beautiful works of Serbian and European art from the High Middle Ages, this fresco is considered to be one of the great achievements in European painting. It depicts the arrival of the myrrhbearers at the tomb of Christ on Sunday morning, after the events of the Crucifixion. Sitting on the stone is THE ANGEL OF THE LORD all dressed in white chiton, whose myrrh-bearing arm shows the place of Christ's resurrection, and his empty tomb.

A picture of the White Angel of Mileševa was sent as a message in the first satellite broadcast signal from Europe to America after the Cuban Missile Crisis, as a symbol of peace and civilization. Later, the same signal, containing the White Angel, was transmitted to space in an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life forms.[2]

See also

  • Mileševa
  • Serbian monasteries
  • Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance
  • Tourism in Serbia

References

  1. ↑ White Angel – the Mileševa monastery
  2. ↑ Serbia country profile on USAID
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