Saint Erasmia icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon St Erasmia, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque icon, religious gift

This wonderful icon has been created with the technique of lithography and has a double varnish to ensure waterproof and duration in time. The creator of this icon has learned the canonization of iconography in workshops of the Monasteries of Mount Athos, where he was taught both the technique of lithography and the process of handmade artificial ageing.

The 40 Virgins Holy Martyrs

These Holy women lived during the reign of King Licinius in Edirne, Thrace. The ruler of the region of Vavdos (around 305 AD) conceived them as Christians and urged them to worship idols. Kelsina, one of them and the first of the city, after the courageous confession of her faith, gathered them all in her house together with their teacher, deacon Agios Ammoun, to be strengthened towards martyrdom. Ammun took the paper with their names and read them aloud one by one. Then he said: "Fight for Christ through martyrdom, for in this way the Despot Christ will sit at the gate of the kingdom of heaven and will invite you one by one by name, to give you the crown of eternal life."