Artis Premium Replicas John The Forerunner 18th Century Greek Orthodox Byzantine Gilded Icon with 22 Gold Leaf (13,8 x18 cm)

Description

• Exact replica of John The Forerunner prototype icon (18th Century) from the Holy Monastery of All Saints in Patras, Greece.
• It is made of natural linden wood, prepared according to the requirements of traditional techniques and materials.
• This icon is available in a gilded background with 22 gold leaf and it is possible to choose between 2 size dimensions.
• Blessed in a church: Each Christian icon is consecrated in a church before being sent to the recipient. This art piece is one perfect and unique gift for everyone who wants a saint to protect his or her home.
• The present work is a replica of the original portable Despotic icon of Saint John the Forerunner, of the Temple of the Holy Monastery of All Saints of Patras, the creation of which is chronologically placed in the middle of the 18th century.

Saint John the Baptist was a disciple of Jesus Christ and the son of the priest Zacharias and Elizabeth. Until the age of thirty, he lived an ascetic life in the Judean wilderness, devoted to prayer, study, and spiritual perfection. His clothes were made of camel hair, he had a leather belt around his waist and his food was dominated by locusts and honey. By divine command, he left the desert and settled in the Jordan River. There he met Christ, who asked him to baptize him. John's preaching bothered the Pharisees, as well as the four-headed ruler of Galilee and Perea, Herod Antipas, when he criticized him for his illicit cohabitation with his living brother Herodiada. That is why he even imprisoned him. On a birthday party, Herod asked Salome, his daughter, to dance with him, promising to give her whatever she asked. Herodiada, her mother, who envied John, then took the opportunity and urged her daughter to ask for John's head in a plate. Herod did not break his promise and so his beheading was followed. Two of the many celebrations of the Saint are his Gathering on January 7 and the Sharpening of his Holy Head on August 29.

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