The film is dedicated to the work of the great artist of ancient Russia Theophanes the Greek, the period of his work on the painting of frescoes in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Novgorod the Great. Fishing boats frozen into the ice of Lake Ilmen. Church of the Savior Neredetsy. Fresco depicting Saint Domenica. St. George's Cathedral of the Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod Kremlin. Sophia Cathedral. Frescoes of St. Helena and Constantine in the cathedral. Yuriev monastery. Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on Ilyin. Frescoes depicting St. Stolypnik in the Trinity Limit. Fresco "Trinity". Panorama of the three pillars, John the Baptist and I. Prophet. The face of Melkhisidsk. Forefathers - Noah and Pantokrator.