Silver-plated Holy Icon - Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Crafted with impeccable attention to detail, this copy of the 17th century holy icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is elegantly encased in a .999 sterling silver plated riza, hand-painted to a mirror-like finish.

• 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: 31cm x 26.5cm x 2cm 
Materials: solid hardwood panel, oil paints, varnish, silver-plated copper plate, Schauer jeweler's enamel

Beautiful icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The icon features metal hook for hanging.

Our Mother of Perpetual Help, known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have originated from the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery and has been in Rome since 1499.  The image depicts the following symbols:

• The subject shows Mary looking towards the faithful while pointing at her son, Jesus Christ who is frightened by the instruments of crucifixion and is depicted with a fallen sandal.
• The left side is Saint Michael Archangel — carrying the lance and sponge of the crucifixion of Jesus.
• On the right side is Saint Gabriel Archangel carrying a 3-bar cross and nails.
• The Virgin Mary has a star on her forehead signifying her role as Star of the Sea while the cross on the side has been claimed as referring to the Greek monastery which produced the icon.

The Greek inscriptions read MP-ΘΥ (Μήτηρ Θεοῦ, Mother of God), ΟΑΜ (Ὁ Ἀρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ, Michael the Archangel), ΟΑΓ (Ὁ Ἀρχάγγελος Γαβριήλ, Gabriel the Archangel) and IC-XC (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Jesus Christ), respectively.