Panagia Glykophilousa – Serigraph on Naturally Aged Wood – Mount Athos

Description

A wonderful image using the serigraphy technique, depicting the Virgin Mary as Glykophilousa, on naturally aged wood from a restored Athonite cell.

The original image of the Glykophilousa is one of the icons that was preserved during the Iconoclasm and miraculously transported to Mount Athos. It belonged to Victoria, the devout wife of the iconoclast senator Simeon, who, in order not to surrender it, threw it into the sea. The icon, floating upright on the waves, reached the harbor of the Monastery of Philotheou, where it was received with great honor and joy by the abbot and the monks, who had been informed by a revelation of the Theotokos. At the spot on the shore where the icon was placed, holy water began to spring. Every year, on the Monday of Bright Week, a procession and blessing take place there.

As the image is handmade and the wood treatment is done by hand, there may be slight variations in the wood, though not in the depiction.

The image is available upon request.

Dimensions: 24 x 30 x 2 cm

Origin: Mount Athos