Provenance: St George''s Church on the Svid River, near Kargopole
The iconography of the scene is based on the apocryphal Gospel of St Nicodemus, liturgical texts, psalms, Old Testament prophecies, St Peter''s Epistles and patristic compositions. St Epiphanius of Constantia and St Eusebius of Alexandria s Descent of Jesus Christ into Limbo tell how Christ descended into the abyss after the Resurrection. He overthrew Satan and liberated the righteous, erasing the original sin of Adam and Eve with His blood.
