Panagia Glykofilousa – Handmade Hagiography on aged wood – Mount Athos

Description

Handmade Hagiography with Panagia Glykofilousa by the hand of the Hagioreite hagiographer Hieromonk Grigorios from the Holy Cell of Agia Anne.
The original icon of Glykophiloussa is one of those icons that were saved during the iconoclasm and were miraculously transported to Athos. It was the property of Victoria, the pious wife of the iconoclast Simeon, who, in order not to surrender it, threw it into the sea. The icon, floating upright in the waves, reached the arsenal of the Philotheu Monastery, where it was received with great honor and joy by the abbot and the fathers of the Monastery, who had been notified of the apparition of the Virgin. At the point of the shore, where they deposited the image, a holy water gushed forth. There every year on the Monday of Diakinesimo there is a litany and consecration. Handmade Hagiography: Features
This specific iconography comes from the Agiorite iconographer Hieromonk Grigorios from the Holy Cell of Agia Annis. It is crafted entirely by hand, on a naturally aged piece of wood. The colors used are consistent with the Byzantine tradition, while the work has been crafted according to the style of the Macedonian school, which is followed in the workshop of Hieromonk Grigorios.

This unique hagiography has a background of 22-carat gold leaf, while its surface is covered with pure beeswax, so that the colors remain bright over time.

The image is available upon request and with other representations of your desire.