Our Lady Hodegetria – Silkscreen on Naturally Aged Wood – Mount Athos

Description

Icon of Our Lady Hodegetria on Naturally Aged Wood

A beautiful icon depicting Our Lady Hodegetria.

According to one account, the icon of Our Lady Hodegetria was originally located in the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi but disappeared twice during 1730. In both cases, the icon was eventually found at the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos. After this miraculous disappearance, the monks of the Vatopedi Monastery chose not to oppose the will of the Theotokos.

Since then, the icon of Our Lady Hodegetria has been housed in the Catholicon of the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos. According to Christian tradition, the icon of Our Lady Hodegetria is historically considered the first icon of the Church, said to have been created by the Evangelist Luke himself, and it is credited with many miracles. One such miracle occurred in 717 AD, when Constantinople was saved from the Arabs.

The uniqueness of this particular icon lies in both the exquisite depiction of Our Lady Hodegetria and the aged wood on which the icon is mounted. The wood comes from a cell in Mount Athos, which, during its renovation, was carefully and skillfully repurposed into an icon. The wood was cut and aged using various techniques that halted its natural decay while preserving the charm of its age.

As the icon is handmade and the wood is processed manually, slight variations in the wood may occur, but the depiction itself remains unchanged.

The icon is available upon request.

Dimensions: 21×30 cm
Weight: 810 g