Heavenly Kingdom – Serigraph on Naturally Aged Wood – Mount Athos

Description

Serigraph Representing the Heavenly Kingdom on Naturally Aged Wood

The glorious return of Christ after the Ascension and Pentecost has always been the steadfast focus of the Church. The expectation of His second coming was so intense that the early Christians, including the Apostle Paul, believed that Christ’s return would happen in their own generation. The Revelation of John vividly expresses this eschatological expectation of Christ, who comes and is already near in the Eucharistic experience of the early Church.

From the very beginning, the Divine Eucharist was experienced in the life of the Church as the mystery of the presence of Christ, as an eschatological gathering with Christ at its center. In the Eucharist, the Church experiences the risen Christ, as He will come “on the last day” (John 7:37). This Eucharistic experience also influenced the Church’s entire view, which, although journeying within history, is firmly oriented and already anticipates and tastes the life of the Kingdom. Through the Eucharist, the Church becomes an image and testimony of the Last Things. The ethos of the Church, as ascetic achievement, shapes within history the eschatological ethos of the Kingdom.

The monk who created this image representing the Heavenly Kingdom used a piece of naturally aged wood, which was the result of restoration work in a cell of Mount Athos. The naturally aged wood gives the icons a unique aesthetic and collectible value, while at the same time carrying a piece of the centuries-old history of the Athonite Monastic Community beyond its walls.

Since the image is handmade and the wood processing is done by hand, there may be small variations in the wood, but not in the depiction.

The image is available upon order.

Dimensions: 20 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm.

Origin: Mount Athos