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Saint John icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of St John Baptist, Byzantine art wall hanging of the Forerunner wood plaque, Blessed on Mount Athos
Saint John icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of St John Baptist, Byzantine art wall hanging of the Forerunner wood plaque, Blessed on Mount Athos
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Made and finished by hand: dimensions may vary slightly and no two pieces are exactly alike.
Bring the spiritual elegance of Byzantine art into your home with this exquisite, handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Saint John. Crafted with reverence, this piece makes a profound addition to any prayer corner or a deeply meaningful religious gift.
Product Specifications
- Craftsmanship: In this handmade lithography with double varnish to ensure waterproof properties and long lasting in time, we have the representation of Saint John the Baptist, the great prophet who baptized Christ. It is obvious that the iconographer follows until the last detail the standards of Byzantine art and applied the technique of artificial ageing taught in Mount Athos.
- Display: Can be hung on a wall or placed on a flat surface.
- Display: The item is sold without the stand depicted.
The Significance of Saint John
A holy figure that became one of the most revered saints in the Orthodox Church is Saint John the Baptist who was the one who announced the coming day of the Lord. His face is depicted disheveled and his beard sparse. His expression is strict and serious. His hands and his body are portrayed fleshless, because according to the scriptures, his food in the desert was locusts and wild honey. His face is painted scrawny and dark skinned in order to declare the intense heat of the desert. He is wearing clothes made of camel hair and his own head is lying on the ground, in a display that refers to the end of his life.
Herodias, daughter of the living brother of Herod, Philip, advised her daughter Salome to ask as a gift from her stepfather, the head of Prophet John in a dish, since his words troubled the corrupt minds.
Product details
- Depiction
- Saints
- Technique
- Lithography on wood
- Material
- Wood
- Sizes
- Available in 7 sizes, from 7x10cm to 40x50cm
- Origin
- Handmade in Greece
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Handmade in Greece since 1978.
Every piece leaves our workshop finished by hand — the wood prepared, the image laid, the surface aged and varnished. One at a time, the way Greek icon workshops have worked for generations.
We make them to be lived with: held in prayer, hung in a quiet corner, passed on.
"Come close to God, and God will come close to you." — James 4:8
