SOLD    The Wedding Couple -  the Mother of God "Petrovskaya"  and Jesus Christ Pantocrator

€400.00
Technique: Icon board from "Dal Molin"(Italy), egg tempera (dry pigments (Kremer pigmente (Germany) mixed with egg yolk), gold leaves (Giusto Manetti (Italy)), olifa, Punic wax varnish

Size: 15 x 20 cm (5.90 x 7.87 in) x 2


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Hand painted Wedding Couple icons

The marriage is treated as a Sacred Mystery that serves to unite a woman and a man in eternal union before God. In Orthodoxy a pair of icons used to bless the bride and groom at the wedding ceremony.

The icons are meant to bless the Holy Matrimony on Earth and in the Heavens and to accompany the spouses throughout their lives. According to tradition, the icons are to become a family heirloom to be inherited by future generations.