Old Testament Trinity
The "Old Testament Trinity" subject is best known from the famous icon painted by St Andrey Rublev (created sometime between 1408 and 1425).
This icon is actually more properly called the "Hospitality of Abraham" (see Genesis 18:1-15). The appearance of the three angels to Abraham at Mamre was a type of the Holy Trinity, not an appearance of the Holy Trinity itself. This type goes back to Early Christian art and has remained the most common Orthodox depiction of the Trinity.
Read more about this topic: Holy Trinity Icon
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