Icons of Saints

This icon is made of solid, natural limewood (Tilia) that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

The Story Behind this Icon:

Saint Minas, a native of Roman-era Egypt, is a Great Martyr of the Church. He rejected worldly power and glory in favor of the crown of martyrdom for our beloved Christ. Visit our website to learn his full story. Saint Minas was and remains a great miracle-worker, both on earth and in heaven. Whoever glorifies St. Minas and invokes his help with faith, receives his help. The saint has often appeared as a warrior on horseback, arriving to help the faithful or punish the unfaithful.

Forsaking an earthly army, O prize-winner, you received a heavenly inheritance, after receiving glory from earthly kings, O wise one, you endured martyrdom and received an unfading crown. Therefore, O Great Martyr Minas, intercede with Christ God to save our souls. -Troparion for Saint Minas

Saint Minas is commemorated on November 11.

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This icon is made of solid, natural Limewood that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene lived on the island of Lesbos in and around the village of Thermi - Saint Raphael was the abbot of Karyes Monastery, Saint Nicholas was a deacon at the Karyes Monastery and Saint Irene was the 12-year old daughter of the mayor of Thermi. All three Saints were martyred in the Karyes Monastery by the Turks on Bright Tuesday ten years after the fall of Constantinople. 

These Saints were unknown for about 500 years after their martyrdoms and began to reappear to people of Lesbos in 1959, guiding the faithful to excavations of their graves, calling people to repentance and curing many diseases. During this time, the Saints revealed how they were martyred, being cruelly tortured at the Monastery.

Their relics are today kept in the Holy Monastery of Saint Raphael in Thermi, Lesbos, Greece. They are commemorated on Bright Tuesday.

“Having contended on Lesbos for the sake of Christ God, you have sanctified the island since the discovery of your sacred relics, O blessed ones; for what reason we honour you, O God-bearing Raphael, together with Nicholas and the virgin Irene, as our divine protectors and intercessors with the Lord.” -Apolytikion of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene. 

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This icon is made of solid, natural Limewood that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

Saint Kyriaki is one of the many martyrs of the early Church, achieving the crown of martyrdom during the great persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Saint Kyriaki was born in Nicomedia to devout Christian parents, Dorotheus and Eusebia. Since Kyriaki was born on a Sunday, her parents named her "Kyriaki" which means "Sunday" in Greek.

From her childhood, Saint Kyriaki lived a live consecrated to Jesus Christ, refusing many suitors. One spurned suitor, a magistrate, denounced Saint Kyriaki and her family to the emperor as Christians. They were arrested and separated, while Saint Kyriaki was sent to Chalcedon for interrogation and torture. She was tortured terribly, being suspended by her hair, burned with torches and beaten. She endured her trials with prayer and peace, planting the seeds of faith in many who witnessed her trials.

After the first day of torture, Jesus Christ appeared to Saint Kyriaki in prison and healed her wounds. The next day, the governor, seeing this, announced that the pagan gods had healed her out of pity and urged her to give thanks in their temple. When Saint Kyriaki was brought before the pagan temple, she prayed to God, and a sudden earthquake toppled the idols and shattered them. The governor blasphemed God and was struck by lightning, dying on the spot. Saint Kyriaki's trials continued, and eventually she was beheaded, perfected in martyrdom at the age of 21.

May we all have such great faith as Saint Kyriaki. Here is our icon of Saint Kyriaki, where she holds the cross of martyrdom, bears youthful features, wears a chaste head covering and has a red robe wrapped around her, characteristic of her depictions. 

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This icon is made of solid, natural Limewood that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

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This icon of Saint Kyriaki is reproduced, with permission, from the authentic icon painted by the monks in the Cell of St. John the Theologian Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Mount Athos, Greece. This icon is part of our collection “Icons from Mount Athos”, which features all icons from the Cell of St. John the Theologian.

This icon is made of solid, natural Limewood that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

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This icon of Saint Eustathios is reproduced, with permission, from the authentic icon painted by the monks in the Cell of St. John the Theologian Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Mount Athos, Greece. This icon is part of our collection “Icons from Mount Athos”, which features all icons from the Cell of St. John the Theologian.

This icon is made of solid, natural Limewood that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

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This icon of Saint Gregory the Theologian is reproduced, with permission, from the authentic icon painted by the monks in the Cell of St. John the Theologian Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Mount Athos, Greece. This icon is part of our collection “Icons from Mount Athos”, which features all icons from the Cell of St. John the Theologian.

This icon is made of solid, natural Limewood that has been prepared by hand using traditional methods and organic materials. The background is comprised of 22 Karat gold leaves that were meticulously applied by hand, piece by piece.  

All of our icons are reproduced according to museum print standards and are authentic replicas of Holy Icons from Mount Athos and elsewhere. 

Learn more about how our Holy Icons are made here. 

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This icon of Saint Efstratios is reproduced, with permission, from the authentic icon painted by the monks in the Cell of St. John the Theologian Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Mount Athos, Greece. This icon is part of our collection “Icons from Mount Athos”, which features all icons from the Cell of St. John the Theologian.