Redemptoris Mater chapel (Академик Олег Германович Ульянов о мозаике "New Sistine of XXI century")

The lecture “The New Sistine Chapel of the 21st Century” was delivered by Oleg Ulyanov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Russian Academy of Natural History, Honored Worker of Science. He told the story of the reconstruction of the papal chapel Redemptoris Mater (Latin: Mother of the Redeemer), located in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. In the spring of 1996, Oleg Ulyanov was invited to Rome with the blessing of Pope John Paul II. There, a grand mosaic was made according to his iconographic program. Thus, thanks to the joint efforts of Orthodox and Catholics, images of Russian saints and even the world-famous image of The Trinity by the great Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev appeared in the papal chapel of Redemptoris Mater in the Vatican. This innovative mosaic was a spiritual testament to contemporary art, and 25 years later it became highly appreciated worldwide as the “New Sistine Chapel of the 21st century”.