Features:
Dimensions: mm 39h17h3
Avg. Weight: 7 grams.
Composition: Silver 925, 999 Gilding
Technique - Miniature relief, casting, gilding, blackening. Handmade.
Obrazok dedicated to the Theodore Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, stored in Kostroma. This is the greatest shrine of the Russian land, according to tradition, is the oldest surviving miraculous icons. The Tale and the recovery of the City of Kitezh unseen written in the XIII century, it is said that this icon was in Gorodetsky chapel on the banks of the Volga in the XI century. After the destruction of Gorodets troops of Batu in 1238 the icon has disappeared and a year 29 (16) in August was in the forest near Kostroma. It is found in a tree while hunting Kostroma Duke Vasily kneading. The prince wanted to take the icon in the hands, but that it was not gave. Then into the woods with a procession headed Kostroma priests and solemnly transferred the image of the city. Residents of Kostroma remembered that the day before had seen as an icon of the city wore a warrior in armor, like the Great Martyr. Theodore the. Newfound sanctuary set in Kostroma temple in his name, and, apparently, since the icon was named Theodore.
