Our Lady of Perpetual Help Russian icon mid XX century 12x10 inc
Our Lady of Perpetual Help with guardian angel and Saint Nicholas, Russian icon dated mid XX century 12x10 inces. Original Russian icon from the mid-20th century. Hand painted by the master iconographers of the Golden Ring of Moscow.
The story of the original icon tells that it was stolen in a church in the island of Crete by a merchant in the tenth century, during the voyage the ship collapsed but all the occupants were saved: this was interpreted as a miraculous fact. The merchant kept the imag...
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help with guardian angel and Saint Nicholas, Russian icon dated mid XX century 12x10 inces. Original Russian icon from the mid-20th century. Hand painted by the master iconographers of the Golden Ring of Moscow.
The story of the original icon tells that it was stolen in a church in the island of Crete by a merchant in the tenth century, during the voyage the ship collapsed but all the occupants were saved: this was interpreted as a miraculous fact. The merchant kept the image at home until his death, after which it was exhibited in a church in Rome and for 300 years it remained the object of great veneration.
This icon comes with a case and a certificate of authenticity.
