picture 1 : work in progress
picture 2: final result.
20x27cm - 7.8 x 10.6inch
Egg tempera and gold leaf 22k
Painted on Linden Wood
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picture 2: final result.
20x27cm - 7.8 x 10.6inch
Egg tempera and gold leaf 22k
Painted on Linden Wood
White gold leaf 12k mixed with gold leaf 22k on background
2024.
15x20cm - 5,9x7,8inch.
Egg tempera
2024.
+ Η προσφυγική εικόνα από το Ναό της Αγίας Φωτεινής στη Σμύρνη
Η εικόνα της Παναγίας Ρόδον το Αμάραντον αγιογραφήθηκε στη Μικρά Ασία το 1890 και φυλάσσονταν στον ιστορικό και μεγαλοπρεπή Ναό της Αγίας Φωτεινής στη Σμύρνη (ο Ναός αυτός και το περίφημο κωδωνοστάσιο του ανατινάχθηκαν με δυναμίτιδα, από τους Τούρκους, μετά την καταστροφή του ‘22). Τη μετέφερε στην Αχαΐα ο Ιωάννης Αλεξανδρίδης, ο οποίος σήμερα δεν βρίσκεται πια εν ζωή, πνευματικό παιδί του ιερομάρτυρα και εθνομάρτυρα Μητροπολίτη Σμύρνης Χρυσοστόμου.
A unique characteristic of this icon is what appears to be a scar on the Virgin Mary's right cheek or her chin. A number of different traditions exist to explain this, but the one most commonly held by Orthodox Christians is that the icon was stabbed by a soldier in Nicaea during the period of Byzantine iconoclasm under the Emperor Theophilus (829–842). According to tradition, when the icon was stabbed, blood miraculously flowed out of the wound.
History
The Vatopedi monastery acquired its name in the following manner. Near the monastery, the son of Emperor Theodosius the Great fell off a ship and into the sea. By miraculous intercession of the Theotokos and Virgin Mary, he was carried safely to shore unharmed and found sleeping in a bush, not far from the monastery. Thus the monastery is called Vatopedi (Vato + paidi, derived from "Batos paidion", the bush of the child).
The tradition tells us that on the icon, the original expression on the faces of the figures and the position of the bodies of Christ and the Blessed Virgin changed when the following strange miracle occurred, January 21
This last arrangement of the figures has remained permanently on the icon and has, thus, and has also earned it the rare iconographer's title of "Achaeropito". The monks, miraculously saved from the pirates, gave thanks to the Theotokos and named the icon "Paramythia", which means "calming down" or "restrain," words which equally convey the content of the miracle.
The icon is a wall-painting and is on the right choir of the chapel named after it. In memory of this miraculous event a perpetual lamp burns in front of the wonderworking icon. Every day a Canon of Supplication is chanted in honour of the icon and on Fridays the Divine Liturgy is celebrated.
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| 30x 25cm- 11,8x 9,8inch Egg tempera and gold leaf 22k |
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| 21x26cm - 8.3x10.2inch. Egg tempera on a well prepared piece of pine tree. |
--------------------------------------------------------------- +The Protection of the Mother of God is one of the most beloved feast days on the Orthodox calendar among the Slavic peoples, commemorated on October 1. The feast is celebrated additionally on October 28 in the Greek tradition. It is also known as the feast of the Virgin Mary's Cerement. In most Slavic languages the word "cerement" has a dual meaning of "veil" and "protection." The Russian word Pokrov (Покров), like the Greek Skepi (Σκέπη), has a complex meaning. First of all, it refers to a cloak or shroud, but it also means protection or intercession. For this reason, the name of the feast is variously translated as the Veil of Our Lady, the Protecting Veil of the Theotokos, the Protection of the Theotokos, or the Intercession of the Theotokos. In recent years, the Feast of the Protection has become associated with thanksgiving for the deliverance of the Greek nation from the Italian invasion of 1940. These events are commemorated in Greece in a national holiday known as "Ochi Day" or "No Day," referring to the response of the Greek leader Metaxas to Mussolini's ultimatum. In recognition of this, and because of the many miracles of the Holy Virgin which were reported by Greek soldiers during the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece elected in 1952 to transfer the Feast from October 1 to October 28. The Ecumenical Patriarchate also provides for this usage in its parishes in Greece and in the Greek diaspora, and it is generally observed now throughout the Greek-speaking world. The observance includes the chanting of a Doxology incorporating hymns recognizing the Protection of the Theotokos over the Greek nation, as well as the kontakion "O Champion Leader." Troparion (Tone 4)
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| 22x30 cm / 8,6x 11,8inch. Egg tempera on linden wood. |
Χαίρε σκέπη του κόσμου, πλατυτέρα νεφέλης-----------