Heavenly Kingdom – Serigraph on Naturally Aged Wood – Mount Athos

Description

Serigraph Depicting the Heavenly Kingdom on Naturally Aged Wood

The glorious return of Christ after the Ascension and Pentecost has always been the constant direction of the Church. The expectation of the Second Coming was so intense that the first Christians, including the Apostle Paul, believed that Christ’s return would occur in their generation. The Revelation of John vividly expresses the eschatological anticipation of Christ, who is coming and is already near within the Eucharistic experience of the early Church.

From the beginning, the Divine Eucharist was experienced in the life of the Church as the mystery of Christ’s presence, as an eschatological gathering with Christ at its center. In the Divine Eucharist, the Church experiences the risen Christ, as He will come “on the last day” (John 7:37). This Eucharistic experience influenced the entire understanding of the Church, which, while moving 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 eschaton. The ethos of the Church, as an ascetic achievement, shapes the eschatological ethos of the Kingdom within history.

The monk who created this image depicting the Heavenly Kingdom used a piece of wood with natural aging, which resulted from restoration work in a cell of Mount Athos. The naturally aged wood gives the images a unique aesthetic and collectible value, while simultaneously carrying a piece of its long-standing history from the Athonite community.

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

The image is available upon request.

Dimensions: 19.5 x 25 x 2 cm

Origin: Mount Athos