Vatican Easter Sunday Mass Image

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ruslan said:
Good question! I wish there was a larger, closer image of it. I have no idea. I did do some searching on it - but, found nothing. It’s a lovey painting.

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I got my information from one of the Papal Mass booklets for Easter. Even though the explanation is in Italian, the gist of it is that the veneration by the Holy Father of this icon calls to mind the tradition that Jesus first appeared to St. Peter (ahead of the surviving Apostles).
 
ChristusVincit said:
Anyone know the name of this painting they used?

vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/photogallery/2009/20090412/index.html

it’s the one behind the altar, of Christ exploding out of the tomb.
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There are two images. Are you referring to the icon in the first slide, or the actual painting that appears several slides later? (I am thinking that you are referring to the painting that appears later.)

It has the look of a Raphael. I will see if I can find anything in my reference books.
 
jmcrae said:
There are two images. Are you referring to the icon in the first slide, or the actual painting that appears several slides later? (I am thinking that you are referring to the painting that appears later.)

It has the look of a Raphael. I will see if I can find anything in my reference books.
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I think it’s the one behind the altar and not the icon. I checked my art books and online and couldn’t find it. Hope you have better luck. I would like to know too.

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ChristusVincit said:
Anyone know the name of this painting they used?

vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/photogallery/2009/20090412/index.html

it’s the one behind the altar, of Christ exploding out of the tomb.
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benedictgal said:
I got my information from one of the Papal Mass booklets for Easter. Even though the explanation is in Italian, the gist of it is that the veneration by the Holy Father of this icon calls to mind the tradition that Jesus first appeared to St. Peter (ahead of the surviving Apostles).
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jmcrae said:
There are two images. Are you referring to the icon in the first slide, or the actual painting that appears several slides later? (I am thinking that you are referring to the painting that appears later.)

It has the look of a Raphael. I will see if I can find anything in my reference books.
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The OP does say it’s the one behind the altar, so I also think it’s the painting several images in and not the icon. I looked in my art books and online and didn’t find it. Hope you have better luck, jmcrae. I would like to know too.

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Thanks guys! I was talking about the one behind the altar not the icon, but the stuff about him appearing to Peter is very interesting! i wish i knew that that was what was going on!
 
I wish I knew too. Perhaps someone will come along and see this and know the answer. 😉

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ChristusVincit said:
Thanks guys! I was talking about the one behind the altar not the icon, but the stuff about him appearing to Peter is very interesting! i wish i knew that that was what was going on!
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Okay, now I see. I do not know the name of that image either, but, it is the one that the Vatican takes out and displays for Papal Masses that occur during the Easter season. In fact, if you catch a glimpse of the Regina Caeli that the Holy Father recites from Castel Gandolfo, you will see that particular image in the backdrop.

By the way, the image in question is a huge tapestry, at least that is how I have taken it to look like.
 
The image behind the Holy Father’s throne is a tapestry of the Risen Christ. A similar one [a copy I believe] is always seen behind the Pope whenever he appears on the balcony at Castelgandolfo. Not just at Eastertime. There are subtle differences between the two, mainly in the colouration and the one at Castelgandolfo is larger and is used as a backdrop. I don’t know when that particular tapestry came into use at Castelgandolfo. It wasn’t there when I attended one of JP II’s Angelus’s in the early 1980’s but has normally been used for the last dozen or so years.
The icon is a new copy of the icon of the Most Holy Saviour, known as the Acheropita-not painted by human hands.The custom of placing it near the papal throne was introduced in the Jubilee year 2000. A tradition that had been lost for nearly 800 years. The original icon is one of Christianity’s most venerated images and is kept in the Sacra Sanctorum Chapel of the Basilica of St. John Lateran. The new one was commissioned by Archbishop Piero Marini in 2007 from the same goldsmith who made Pope Benedict XVI’s fisherman’s ring. The original icon had become much too fragile and delicate to be moved outside.
 
I was wondering what they both were myself. They are both beautiful paintings/icons/tapestries haha. 🙂
 
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