On the fresco there is the third scene from the Protoevangelium (III). Anne and Joachim are meeting at the city gates. This scene is traditionally interpreted as conceiving of Virgin Mary.
General Information:
Protoevangelium of James is early Christian apocrypha about the life of the Virgin Mary and the Nativity of Jesus Christ. Apocrypha became the basis for a comprehensive narrative cycle, traditionally included in the decoration system of the Virgin’s temples. In ancient Russian monumental painting of the 16th-17th centuries the Protoevangelium cycle is often adjacent to the cycle of the Akathist to the Virgin Mary.
The full name: The Meeting at the Golden Gates
Time of creation: 1641.
Technique: fresco, tempera.
Location: The Western slope of the southern arches.



