This fresco (copy at Belgrade's Fresco Museum of the original at Mileseva Monastery as seen below) depicts a most joyous message - the Easter announcement by the angel to the women that Jesus had arisen. Death could no longer hold the triumphal Savior who had successfully atoned for our sins and had victory over Satan. The angel is pointing to the tomb and linens which had been wrapped around Jesus' crucified body on Good Friday.
The most celebrated fresco in Mileseva's Holy Resurrection Church, the White (or Belo in Serbian) Angel is a revered symbol of Serbia and an emblem for the United Nations.
Read more about Mileseva Monastery on my blog.
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