This icon depicts Saint Nicolas the Miracle Worker the bishop of Myra in the IV century. He is one of the most popular Saints in the world. People of various occupations claim him as patron. He saved sailors from terrible storm, helped poor and saved innocents from the axe. He is the Holy patron of Russia, patron of Travelers, saves from flood and poverty.
Images of Our Lord and the Virgin are at the sides of the central image.
The feasts are on 9(22) May and 6(19) December.
The Nativity of Saint Nicolas the Miracle Worker the bishop of Myra. The saint was born at the second half of the third century. The feast is at 29 July (11 August).
The icon was painted by a modern professional church artist at the Russian town Rybinsk (not far from Moscow) that is one of the main and old centers of the Russian icon painting. It was painted with egg tempera on a wooden panel covered with levkas (gesso, special priming). The style is traditional and strictly follows the antique canons of the icon painting.
The icon is covered with the old chased metal (brass or tin or soft iron) oklad (riza, metal cover) that is dated from the second half of the 19 century. Oklad was covered with silver paint. Condition of the oklad is medium that is natural for this really old icon that had been used for more than a century.
This is so called "under oklad" icon and painting beneath oklad may be schematic if any.
Size = 8.9x7.1x0.6 (22.5x18x1.5 cm). Weight = 354 gr.
Certificate of the Ministry of Culture will be included into the shipping.
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