• Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
  • Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque TheHolyArt
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Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque

Saint Matthias the Apostle icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of Apostle Matthias, Byzantine art wall hanging on wood plaque

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A unique high - quality lithography icon with Saint Matthias the Apostle with double varnish to ensure waterproof properties and long lasting in time. An exquisite Byzantine artwork with handcrafted details.

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 hagiography and the process of handmade ageing.


Apostle Matthias was born at Bethlehem of the Tribe of Judah. From his early childhood he studied the Law of God under the guidance of St Simeon the God-receiver.


When the Lord Jesus Christ revealed himself to the world, St Matthias believed in him as the Messiah, followed constantly after him and was numbered among the Seventy Apostles, whom the Lord "sent them two by two before His face" (Luke 10:1).


After the Ascension of the Savior, St Matthias was chosen by lot to replace Judas Iscariot as one of the Twelve Apostles (Acts 1:15-26). After the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle Matthias preached the Gospel at Jerusalem and in Judea together with the other Apostles (Acts 6:2, 8:14). From Jerusalem he went with the Apostles Peter and Andrew to Syrian Antioch, and was in the Cappadocian city of Tianum and Sinope. Here the Apostle Matthias was locked into prison, from which he was miraculously freed by St Andrew the First-Called.


The Apostle Matthias journeyed after this to Amasea, a city on the shore of the sea. During a three year journey of the Apostle Andrew, St Matthias was with him at Edessa and Sebaste. According to Church Tradition, he was preaching at Pontine Ethiopia (presently Western Georgia) and Macedonia. He was frequently subjected to deadly peril, but the Lord preserved him to preach the Gospel.


Once, pagans forced the saint to drink a poison potion. He drank it, and not only did he himself remain unharmed, but he also healed other prisoners who had been blinded by the

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