Agios Dimitrios – Engraved Lithograph – Mount Athos

Description

Engraved Lithograph with Agios Dimitrios

An amazing icon with Saint Demetrios, the patron saint and patron saint of Thessaloniki. In the person of Saint Demetriou, Thessaloniki sees its patron and liberator. Not only because the liberation of the city from the Turks in 1912 coincided with the feast of the Saint, but also because, as tradition says, before the liberation of Thessaloniki, its inhabitants saw the Saint on horseback in the White Tower encouraging them. According to Christian tradition, Saint Demetrios lived and was martyred in Thessaloniki under Diocletian, while he was the son of an aristocratic family and an officer, but this status did not prevent him from accepting the Orthodox faith and being baptized as a Christian.

Engraved Lithography: Features

The work is crafted entirely by hand, without machinery, in carved natural wood. It is the work of hagiographer Athanasios, a student of the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy, who remains faithful to Byzantine art as he was taught it on Mount Athos. His works are covered with pure beeswax so that they remain unchanged over time.

In this particular icon, the hagiographer monk used the technique of lithography to create a work of unique beauty. Specifically, using a lithographed copy of Byzantine art, the monk created this work following the traditional method of artificial aging, as taught in the hagiography workshops of the Athonite State. In fact, the artificial aging of hagiography is handmade, a process to which the monks of Mount Athos pay particular attention.

As the image is handmade and the wood is processed entirely by hand, there may be slight variations in the dimensions of each image.

Image available upon request.

Origin: Mount Athos