Deacon M.M. Potapov is sincerely convinced that his soul already lived more than 30 centuries ago in Ancient Egypt. Having become an icon painter, Potapov spent all his free time recreating the images of great people of a distant era.
A bulldozer is removing snow from the street.
Department store building.
The city of Solikamsk, Perm region.
Hotel "Solikamsk".
An elderly man with a cane is walking down the street (M. Potapov).
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity.
A street in Solikamsk.
A man is walking up the stairs. M. Potapov (synchronously). M. Potapov in his apartment.
Storerooms of the Solikamsk State Museum of Local History, fine arts department.
Potapov is sorting through his works in the museum storerooms.
Potapov's work "Akhenaton".
Potapov talks about Akhenaten.
Potapov's work "Queen Tiye" - the mother of Pharaoh Akhenaten.
Portrait of Nefertiti - Akhenaten's wife (work by Potapov). M. Potapov is riding a bus.
Children are dancing in a circle on the square.
Museum director (synchronously). M.M. Potapov talks about his life and work (synchronously). M.Potapov paints.
Potapov's works.
Photograph of Potapov in his youth.
Cities, Rural settlements, Landscapes, Painting, Architecture, Architectural monuments, Christianity, Paganism, City transport, Sea routes
Potapov M.M. -Icon painter
Egyptologist
writer
Deacon of the Russian Orthodox Church
Order bearer of the Alexandrian Patriarchate
Honorary Academician of the Russian Pushkin Academy
member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the International Federation of Artists
Honorary Citizen of Solikamsk.
Solikamsk
Winter
Church service.
Confession. M.M. Potapov receives guests (synchronously), talks about his family.
Potapov comes out to the guests, dressed in a white cassock.
Panorama of the city.
Portrait of Potapov's mother.
Zoom in on windows with carved frames.
Streets of Solikamsk.
People at the "Farewell to Winter" festival on one of the city streets.
Chersonesos, the seashore, a ruined Byzantine temple.
Potapov (synchronously).
The walls of the temple, painted by "tourists".
Perm Krai Crimea
Solikamsk
Potapov paints houses and talks about himself (synchronously).
City square.
Ruined temple.
Barbed wire.
Potapov's photographs from the case.
Walls in Potapov's house, painted by him.
Potapov sings (synchronously).
Potapov about his life (synchronously).
Potapov's paintings in a monastery church in Odessa.
Monks exit the church.
Panorama of the vaults and walls of the church with paintings.
Inscription on the wall of the church: This church was painted by the artist, archaeologist and archdeacon Mikhail Potapov.
Potapov walks along a snowy street.
Perm Krai Ukraine
Potapov is walking down the street.
Potapov (synchronously).
Potapov is reading the letters he has received.
Museum director (synchronously).
Storerooms of the Solikamsk local history museum.
Museum halls.
Potapov (synchronously).
Works by M. Potapov.
Perm Krai