Virgin Mary icon Our Lady of Good Counsel Handmade Greek Orthodox Icon Mother of God Catholic art Theotokos wall hanging wood plaque gift

A wonderful lithography with a varnish layer and high quality paint depicting Virgin Mary / Panagia / Our Lady Of Good Counsel. An icon aesthetically upgraded with collective value due to the handmade artificial ageing it has undergone. This is an exact copy of a Byzantine hagiography.

Our Lady of Good Counsel is a revered title for the Blessed Virgin Mary, associated with a miraculous 15th-century fresco in Genazzano, Italy. According to tradition, the image of Mary and the Christ Child appeared miraculously on the wall of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel. This event attracted widespread veneration and numerous reports of miracles and divine guidance. Our Lady of Good Counsel is celebrated as a source of wisdom and comfort, providing faithful counsel to those seeking guidance. Her feast day is observed on April 26, honoring her enduring legacy of maternal care and spiritual insight.

The title Theotokos (in Greek, Θεοτόκος) is a Greek word that means "God-bearer" or "Birth-giver to God.

The Orthodox Church remembers the life of the Theotokos with several feast days. The Liturgical year begins and ends with the feast days of the Theotokos. wonder working Icons of the Theotokos also have their own feast days.

1. The Nativity of the Theotokos is celebrated on September 8.
2. The Presentation of the Theotokos into the Temple is celebrated on November 21.
3. The Annunciation to the Theotokos is celebrated on March 25.
4. The Dormition of the Theotokos (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos is celebrated on August 15.

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This wonderful icon has been created with the technique of lithography. 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, which bears the image with the representation of Virgin Mary / Panagia.