Saint Moses icon, Handmade Greek Orthodox icon Prophet Moses, Byzantine Art Wall Hanging on Wood Plaque icon, Religious Decor 15x21cm

This wonderful icon has been created with the technique of lithography and has a double varnish to ensure waterproof and duration in time. The creator of this icon has learned the canonization of iconography in workshops of the Monasteries of Mount Athos, where he was taught both the technique of lithography and the process of handmade artificial ageing.The glorious Prophet Moses, God-seer, is the pinnacle of the lovers of wisdom, the supremely wise lawgiver, the most ancient historian of all. His name means one who draws forth, or is drawn from, that is, from the water. His life is narrated in the Bible (Exodus 2 through Deuteronomy 34:12). The Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on September 4.BirthAccording to the Book of Exodus Moses was born in the thirteenth century BC. He was born of a Hebrew family who came from the tribe of Levi. His parents were Amran and Yocheved. Because Pharaoh ordered that all Hebrew infant boys be slain or thrown into the river his mother hid him in her home for three months. When it was no longer possible to hide him, she hid him in a reed basket by the banks of the river. The infant’s sister Miriam, watched over it from afar, to see what would happen.By God's providence, the daughter of Pharaoh came to the river to bathe with her servants. She noticed the basket and when she found the child inside, she raised him as her own.Seeing that her brother had been discovered by the princess, Miriam approached her and negotiated for Moses' mother Yocheved to nurse the child.When the infant grew up, his mother brought him to the princess. The princess took him with her, and treated him like a son as she did not have any children. She gave him the name Moses, which means, “taken up from the water”.Moses grew up in the royal palace and was taught all of the wisdom of Egypt and raised in the same manner as all Egyptian boys.Once, Moses saw an Egyptian overseer beating a Hebrew. He intervened in order to defend the Hebrew

• Authentic Greek handmade wooden icon (Lithography / Serigraphy / Hagiography Canvas / Silver Icon 999)
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