Silver-plated Holy Icon - Our Lady of Kazan

This stunning Silver-plated riza, hand-painted with a replica of the holy Icon of Our Lady of Kazan from the 17th century, is encased in a gleaming .999 sterling silver shell of mirror-like smoothness.r.

• hand-painted on hardwood using oil paints
• The icon features metal hook for hanging.
• To preserve the longevity of the icon covered several times with emulsion, and after completion covered with preservative material (i.e. varnish)
• Our icons are Silver-plated
• In our icons we use high quality Schauer jeweler's enamel

Size: 31.5cm x 27cm x 2cm 
Materials: solid hardwood panel, oil paints, varnish, silver-plated copper plate, Schauer  jeweler's enamel

Beautiful icon of Blessed Our Lady of Kazan. The icon features metal hook for hanging.

Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother-of-God of Kazan, is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan.

According to legend, the icon was originally acquired from Constantinople, lost in 1438, and miraculously recovered in pristine state over 140 years later in 1579. Two major cathedrals, the Kazan Cathedral, Moscow, and the Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, and they display copies of the icon, as do numerous churches throughout the land. The original icon in Kazan was stolen, and probably destroyed, in 1904.

Style: SP-Icon16