Saint Irini Chrysovalantou - Silver icon on wood, locally gilded - Mount Athos

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Explore Saint Irini Chrysovalantou - Silver icon on wood, locally gilded - Mount Athos from Christianity Art. Listed under Wall reliefs. Materials: Silver, Gold, Wood. The image is crafted on a hagiographic canvas, which has been carefully placed on a wooden surface. This method lends durability but also a sense of luxury to the final result. The frame that surrounds the image is made of silver, with gilded details that highlight its shine and elegance. The image comes with a mounting base at no extra cost, making it easy to mount on surfaces. An ideal choice for a gift, for use in religious places, or for personal collection. Saint Irini Chrysovalantou Saint Irini was Abbess of Chrysovalanto Monastery in the second half of the 9th century. and at the beginning of the 10th c. In her younger years the 100-year period of Iconoclasm was reaching its final phase. Her father was the patrician Philaretos the Cappadocian, a favorite of the emperor Theophilos and a confidant of his wife Theodora. In the winter of 843AD, the empress Theodora, widow and commissioner of her son Michael III, invited Philaretos to Constantinople and asked him for his daughter in order to marry her to her son Michael. 15-year-old Irini was not moved by the offer because she had longed for a solitary life since she was little. Despite her father's opposition, refusing to marry a second time and after a serious illness, his objections were overcome and he led her to the monastery of Chrysovalantou, where she remained as a nun and Abbess until the age of 104. Her reputation for the holy way she led her life led multitudes of people to the pilgrimage of her sanctuary. The original icon, a source of inspiration for the hagiographer, is located in the Holy Monastery of the neophanes Saints Raphael, Nikolaos & Irene, in Mytilini.