Saint Niketas – Antiqued Lithograph – Mount Athos

Description

Antiqued Lithograph with Saint Niketas

Saint Niketas (September 15th) was of Gothic descent. From a young age, Niketas was taught the holy faith by the Gothic bishop Theophilus.

When the ruler Athanaric captured Niketas and threatened him to renounce Christ, he remained steadfast in what he had learned since childhood. He boldly confessed Christ in front of the ruler, who, enraged by his response, immediately ordered that his bones be broken in the most brutal manner. However, the hatred of the barbarians was so intense that they threw him into the fire, where he met his death. But by divine will, the fire spared his body, until a devout Christian took it and preserved it in a relic box.

Antiqued Lithograph: Characteristics

This particular image was created using the technique of lithography, which is taught in the iconography workshops of Mount Athos and is also used by several monks to create exceptional works of art. In this case, the monk used a lithographed copy of Byzantine art and crafted this work following the traditional method of artificial aging. Lithography in iconography is essentially a printing technique.

Origin: Mount Athos