The Virgin of the Sweet Kiss – Canvas Painting – Mount Athos

Description

Canvas Painting of the Virgin of the Sweet Kiss

An exact replica of the original icon, painted on natural fir wood.

The original image of the Virgin of the Sweet Kiss is one of those icons that were preserved during the iconoclasm and were miraculously brought to Mount Athos. It was the property of Victoria, the devout wife of the iconoclast senator Simeon, who, in order not to surrender it, cast it into the sea. The icon, floating upright in the waves, reached the harbor of the Monastery of Filotheou, where it was received with great honor and joy by the abbot and the monks, who had been notified by a revelation of the Theotokos. At the spot on the shore where the icon was placed, a spring of holy water began to flow. Every year on the Monday of Bright Week, a procession and blessing of the water are held there.

Canvas Painting – Features

Using the technique of printing on canvas, the iconographer monk employed a copy of a Byzantine icon and created the work with embossed elements. The construction of the image is entirely hand-crafted with an antiquing technique. The canvas is treated with putty to ensure the image’s colors remain unchanged over time.

The icon is available upon request.

Origin: Mount Athos