Saint Demetrios – Silkscreen on Naturally Aged Wood – Mount Athos

90,00 

Saint Demetrius (October 26), the brave soldier, helped Nestor defeat Lyaeus with his faith. The wood of the icon, where the myrrh-streaming saint is depicted, carries a long history. It originates from a restored Athonite cell, which the monks transformed into a unique icon.

 

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

Origin: Mount Athos
Dimensions: 25 x 29 x 2.5 cm

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Image of Saint Demetrius on Naturally Aged Wood

Silk screen print on naturally aged wood depicting Saint Demetrius, the patron saint and protector of Thessaloniki. His feast is celebrated with grandeur in the city on October 26th.

In the figure of Saint Demetrius, Thessaloniki sees its protector and liberator. Not only because the city’s liberation from the Turks in 1912 coincided with his feast day, but also because, as tradition states, before the liberation, the city’s inhabitants saw the Saint on horseback at the White Tower, encouraging them.

Demetrius was born into an aristocratic family in Thessaloniki. He quickly rose through the ranks of the Roman army, and by the age of 22, he held the rank of a tribune. As an officer in the Roman army under the command of the tetrarch (and later emperor) Galerius Maximian, when Diocletian was emperor, he converted to Christianity and was imprisoned in Thessaloniki in 303 AD for disregarding the emperor’s edict “denying Christianity.”

In prison, there was also a young Christian named Nestor (October 27), who was about to face the fearsome gladiator of the time, Lyaeus, in a duel. Saint Demetrius gave him his blessing, and as a result, Nestor defeated Lyaeus, causing the emperor’s wrath. Both were ordered to be executed: Demetrius by spearing and Nestor by decapitation. The Saint’s body was buried at the site of his martyrdom, where a magnificent church was later built in his honor. His tomb became a deep well that exuded myrrh, leading to his epithet “Myrobletes” (Myrrh-streaming).

In Byzantine icons and modern iconography, Saint Demetrius is often depicted as a rider on a red horse (in contrast to Saint George’s white horse) stepping on the infidel Lyaeus.

This exceptional silk screen print, like all the images in the same category available at “Agioritic Heritage,” has been crafted on naturally aged wood, sourced from a restored cell on Mount Athos.

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

The image is available upon order.

Origin: Mount Athos

Dimensions: 25 x 29 x 2.5 cm

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Weight 1 kg
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