Virgin of the Sweet Kiss – Serigraph on Naturally Aged Wood – Mount Athos

Description

Serigraph of the Virgin of the Sweet Kiss on Naturally Aged Wood

An icon of the Virgin of the Sweet Kiss, considered collectible due to its base, which comes from naturally aged wood from a cell on Mount Athos.

According to tradition, the original icon of the Virgin of the Sweet Kiss was preserved during the Iconoclast period thanks to a woman. Specifically, it was Victoria, the wife of a senator, who had the icon in her house and secretly venerated it despite the ban. During a search by iconoclasts, Victoria took the icon and went down to the sea. There, she venerated it for the last time and then, heartbroken, cast it into the sea, hoping that by some miracle it would be saved. Indeed, the icon did not sink but stood upright and began to float on the water until it reached the harbor of the Monastery of Filotheou on Mount Athos. Since then, the miraculous icon has been kept at this Monastery.

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

The icon is available upon request.

Origin: Mount Athos

Dimensions: 18.5 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm