The Moscow painting was largely presented by Dionysius, the most eminent artist of the era. Unlike most of the artists of that time, he was not a monk, but had a family with two sons who assited his work. The most important of his preserved creations is the cycle of frescos of the Nativity Cathedral in the St. Therapontus Monastery (Vologda Region) that have come down to us almost completely. The church was dedicated to the Mother of God, and her glorification became the keynote in works by the illustrious icon painter. The church has three large painting compositions: Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos, In Thee Rejoiceth and the Mantle of Our Lady. They were painted on subjects of the the same-name chants, making an acathistus (a cycle of songs in honor of the Mother of God) together. In the center of each composition there is the figure of the Mother of God sitting with the baby on her lap or standing with a cover in her hands against the background of a high five-domed cathedral. She is surroundewd with saints and mere mortals eulogizing the Virgin Mary. Bright colourful combinations, motley patterns of clothes and architecture, an iridescent aura round the Mother of God produce a festive and triumphant impression. The second tier of frescos spreading over walls and columns of the central part of the church illustrates the acathistus, which is always listened to in a standing position. Maria's dark cherry silhouette repeating against light pink and golden hills or buildings in every composition gives semantic, composite and coloristic unity to the cycle of frescos. The painting looks especially lucid in the morning and evening time, when the sun is looking inside the church windows.