The Dissection of the Sacred Head of Saint John the Baptist – Sandblasting – Mount Athos

Description

A special handiwork of an Agiorite monk. The image of the Saint with golden painted sand from the shores of the Athonian State.

“No matter what you have, your brother’s wife”. You are not allowed by God’s law to have your brother’s wife, whoever is still alive. Words of the Holy Forerunner, which were stabs at the corrupt consciences of King Herod Antipas and Herodias’ illegitimate wife, who was the wife of his brother Philip. Herod, not tolerating Prodromos’ controls, imprisoned him. However, at a certain birthday celebration, Herod promised with an oath to give the daughter of Herodias whatever she asked for, because he liked her dance very much.Then the bloodthirsty Herodias told her daughter to ask for John’s head on a plate. Which finally happened. Thus, the glorious Forerunner of the Savior will remain throughout the ages an example to all who want to serve the truth and fight against corruption, regardless of dangers and sacrifices. And this is what the 24 elders of the Apocalypse say to God about the corrupt: “the time of the Gentiles has come… and it corrupts them by corrupting the earth”. That is, the time of the resurrection of the dead has come to judge the world and destroy (my God) those who with their corrupt lives corrupt and destroy the earth.

As the picture is handmade and the wood is processed by hand, there may be slight variations in the wood.

Image is available upon request.

Origin: Mount Athos

Dimensions:17Χ14