Saint Vasilios - Silver image in wood, locally gold plated - Mount Athos

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Christianity Art presents Saint Vasilios - Silver image in wood, locally gold plated - Mount Athos. Category: Wall reliefs. Materials: Silver, Gold, Wood. The image is painted on a canvas of hagiography, which has been carefully placed on a wooden surface. This method gives durability and a sense of luxury to the final result. The frame that surrounds the image is of silver, with gold plated details that highlight its glow and elegance. The image is accompanied by a support base at no additional cost, facilitating its placement on surfaces. Ideal choice for gift, for use in religious places, or for personal collection. Saint Basil Protector of the poor and the weak, St. Basil, father and teacher of the Orthodox Church grew up in Caesarea, Cappadocia, from noble and rich parents, with Christian thinking. He studied philosophy, rhetoric, grammar, astronomy and medicine and taught rhetorical art. A solitary life followed as an ascetic in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia. He retired to the Monastery of Pontus as a monk, was ordained a minister and elder and succeeded by Eusebius reached the throne of high priesthood in the diocese of Caesarea. He struggled against moral rot and brought reforms to monasticism, while building the famous "Royaliad", a complex with good institutions, such as a poor home, an orphanage, a nursing home, offering food and care to thousands of sufferers of every age, gender and race. He dies in his 50 years on January 1, 378 AD, leaving his spiritual work in store.