Saint Nikolaos - Handmade icon of hagiography on aged wood - Mount Athos

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Christianity Art presents Saint Nikolaos - Handmade icon of hagiography on aged wood - Mount Athos. Category: Paintings. Materials: Gold, Wood, Canvas. Image handmade, painted on canvas on wood with the method of Byzantine hagiography, with a background of gold. Saint Nikolaos Saint Nikolaos was the only son of a wealthy, religious family in Lycia. After his parents died he distributed all his fortune to the poor. He became known for his charity work, despite his efforts to hide it. During his ascetic life God’s voice commanded him to live with humans, for only so would His name be glorified. He was elected Archbishop of Myron, Lycia, where he served his flock as a true shepherd. During the empire of Diocletian and Maximilian, he taught people the power of the Lord. He saved three people from death, twice. Kind, honest, righteous has been a real angel to humans. He left the worlds in 343 C.E. 6 December. The original image of the 15th century. is located in the Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kissamos Crete.