June 2026
๐ Tsenina tiles are multicolored ceramic tiles coated with an opaque tin glaze. This art form flourished in the 17th century, when such tiles were widely used to decorate church faรงades, walls, stoves, and fireplaces.
At the monastery I visited, nearly every building features ceramic ornamentation. Throughout the construction period, the tiles were purchased from the Moscow workshop of Stepan Ivanov Polubes, a 17th-century master tilemaker originally from Mstislavl (a town in present-day Belarus).
๐ ะฆะตะฝะธะฝะฝัะต ะธะทัะฐะทัั โ ััะพ ะผะฝะพะณะพัะฒะตัะฝัะต ะบะตัะฐะผะธัะตัะบะธะต ะฟะปะธัะบะธ, ะฟะพะบััััะต ะณะปัั ะพะน ะพะปะพะฒัะฝะฝะพะน ะณะปะฐะทัััั. ะ ะฐััะฒะตั ะดะฐะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะธัะบััััะฒะฐ ะฟัะธัะตะป ะฒ XVII ะฒะตะบะต, ะบะพะณะดะฐ ะธั ะฐะบัะธะฒะฝะพ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทะพะฒะฐะปะธ ะดะปั ัะบัะฐัะตะฝะธั ัะฐัะฐะดะพะฒ ั ัะฐะผะพะฒ, ััะตะฝ, ะฟะตัะตะน ะธ ะบะฐะผะธะฝะพะฒ.
ะ ะผะพะฝะฐััััะต, ะบะพัะพััะน ั ะฟะพัะตัะธะปะฐ, ะฟัะฐะบัะธัะตัะบะธ ะบะฐะถะดะพะต ัะพะพััะถะตะฝะธะต ะธะผะตะตั ะบะตัะฐะผะธัะตัะบะธะต ัะบัะฐัะตะฝะธั. ะะฐ ะฟัะพััะถะตะฝะธะธ ัััะพะธัะตะปัััะฒะฐ ะธะทัะฐะทัั ะทะฐะบัะฟะฐะปะธ ะฒ ะผะพัะบะพะฒัะบะพะน ะผะฐััะตััะบะพะน ะกัะตะฟะฐะฝะฐ ะะพะปัะฑะตัะฐ, ะผะฐััะตัะฐ ะธะทัะฐะทัะพะฒะพะณะพ ะดะตะปะฐ XVII ะฒะตะบะฐ, ัะพะดะพะผ ะธะท ะััะธัะปะฐะฒะปั (ะณะพัะพะด ะฝะฐ ัะตััะธัะพัะธะธ ัะพะฒัะตะผะตะฝะฝะพะน ะะตะปะฐัััะธ).
๐ Below are photos of the oldest tiles that my camera managed to capture. Try to guess and describe what is depicted on them. ๐
๐ ะะธะถะต ัะพัะพะณัะฐัะธะธ ัะฐะผัั ัะฐะฝะฝะธั ะฟะปะธัะพะบ, ะดะพ ะบะพัะพััั ะดะพััะฝัะปะฐัั ะบะฐะผะตัะฐ. ะะพะฟัะพะฑัะนัะต ะดะพะณะฐะดะฐัััั ะธ ะพะฟะธัะฐัั ัะพ, ััะพ ะฝะฐ ะฝะธั ะธะทะพะฑัะฐะถะตะฝะพ๐
As a keepsake, I bought this tile from the monastery shop. I believe it depicts the bird of peaceโit's something need so much today๐๏ธ
ะะฐ ะฟะฐะผััั ะบัะฟะธะปะฐ ัะฐะบัั ะฟะปะธัะบั ะฒ ัะตัะบะพะฒะฝะพะน ะปะฐะฒะบะต. ะะตัะธััั, ััะพ ััะพ ะฟัะธัะฐ ะผะธัะฐ, ัะฐะบะฐั ะฝะตะพะฑั ะพะดะธะผะฐั ัะตะณะพะดะฝั๐
Teryaevo village, Volokolamsk district, Moscow region, Russia



















