Month: July 2023
In the walls of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, an exhibition of the ArtArmor collection “Spiritual Victory” took place – these are 12 icons written on armor plates. These armor plates saved the lives of defenders of Ukraine at the front.
Previously, this collection visited the churches of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Roman Catholic Church. His Beatitude Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine consecrated these icons, written on armor plates, in May of this year in Kyiv in St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral.
“Spiritual Victory” is an important part of ArtArmor’s charitable artistic project. Its goal is the consolidation of society, spiritual support of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the preservation of national culture through the combination of art, religion, and history.
Various religious denominations in Ukraine support the idea of turning damaged armor plates into icons – in this way, the plates that saved human lives become real works of spirituality and art.
We are grateful to the clergy for unity around one common goal – saving lives and a free, independent, safe Ukraine!
The exhibition “Art Armor: Art that saves lives” was opened in the gallery of the Polish Institute in Berlin on July 18, 2023. The exhibition presents armored plates that protected the lives of our soldiers at the front, and now have become works of art.
On the day of the grand opening, artists, journalists, activists, volunteers, and even representatives of embassies gathered in the gallery of the Polish Institute in Berlin. In particular, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Federal Republic of Germany, Oleksiy Makeev, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Germany were at the opening.
The armor plates of our defenders became a canvas for the most famous artists of Ukraine and the world. Now this exhibition travels around Europe and provides information about the war in Ukraine and the stories of the rescue of defenders.
Berlin has already become the fourth European capital where the main ArtArmor exhibition is presented – before that, our collection visited Warsaw, Tallinn, and Stockholm.
From Tuesday to Friday from 13:00 to 18:00, everyone can visit the exhibition at the Polish Institute in Berlin until August 20, 2023.