Students-restorers of the Engineering School of Clothing (College) of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design have begun to restore ancient icons in the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the Pushkin Mountains. Students practice with the blessing of Bishop Barnabas of Velikie Luki and Nevelsky.
A group of five students under the guidance of a restorer, teacher of Ƶ Gleb Shinkarev is working on three images. Freshmen assigned tasks according to directions.
Veronika Orlova took up the Angel icon, which for a long time could not be accurately attributed. After strengthening and clearing the image, an inscription and a flower branch appeared in the hands, which made it possible to determine: the archangel Gabriel is depicted on the icon. The student, among other things, performed a cartogram, strengthened the gesso and paint layer, removed pollution, increased wood and made up for losses. Now Veronica moves on to tinting.

Elizaveta Portnaya and Valeria Lebedeva took into work the growth icon of St. John the Baptist. The image has a significant area. The students completed the cartogram, strengthened the front side with stickers, cleared the rear and treated it from grinders. They also made up for the loss of the wooden base and gesso, made the opening and thinning of the varnish layer. Now Elizaveta and Valeria are working on clearing the image. Ahead - small tints of losses.
Restoration students Yana Ivanova and Anastasia Fedorova work with the icon of the Resurrection of Christ. They studied the condition of the image, strengthened the gesso and the paint layer, removed impurities, carried out pest treatment and made up for the loss of the base, after which they began to test the opening of the paint layer.

Yana Ivanova and Anastasia Fedorova work with the icon of the Resurrection of Christ. They studied her condition, performed a cartogram of the description of safety. The students carried out work to strengthen the gesso and paint layer, eliminating further destruction, removed pollution from the turnover, carried out processing, made up for the loss of the wooden base and gesso. They also made a trial opening of individual areas of the paint layer.
Father Mikhail stressed that all work is being carried out in compliance with all the necessary stages of preserving the shrines. Before starting the practice, students also visited the Holy Assumption Svyatogorsky Monastery and got acquainted with the history of the Pushkin Mountains.
