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Saint Polycarp icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of St Polycarpos of Smyrna, Byzantine art wall hanging wood plaque, religious gift
Saint Polycarp icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon of St Polycarpos of Smyrna, Byzantine art wall hanging wood plaque, religious gift
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This handmade orthodox icon is a lithography with double varnish layer to ensure vivid colors and waterproof properties depicting Saint Joseph is an god inspired artwork abiding to the Athonian technique that was gives this icon unique religious and aesthetic value.
The holy, glorious and right-victorious Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna was a bishop and martyr of the early Church[1] and is regarded as one of the three chief Apostolic Fathers.[2] The year of his birth is reported as anywhere from A.D. 69 to 81, and his martyrdom is recorded as being from A.D. 155 to 167. According to The Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died, bound and burned at the stake then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him, in Smyrna (the seat of his episcopacy and modern day Izmir in Turkey), and he was also reported to be a disciple of the Apostle John. His feast day in the Church is February 23.
Life
There are two chief sources of information concerning the life of Polycarp. The first is known as the Martyrdom of Polycarp,[3] and the second source is St. Irenaeus of Lyons' Adversus Haereses.[4]
Polycarp was a correspondent of St. Ignatius of Antioch, one of the other Apostolic Fathers. Ignatius addressed a letter to him, and mentions him in the letters to the Ephesians and to the Magnesians. Polycarp visited Rome during the time of Pope Anicetus, and found their customs for observing Pascha differed. They agreed to peaceably disagree on this matter. Polycarp was offered the opportunity of celebrating the Eucharist in the Pope's church.
St. Irenaeus of Lyons, a disciple of Polycarp, relates how and when he became a Christian and in his letter to Florinus stated that he saw and heard him personally in lower Asia; in particular he heard the account of Polycarp's intercourse with John the Evangelist and with others who had seen Jesus Christ. Irenaeus also reports that Polycarp was converted to Christianity by apostles, was consecrated
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