Saint Stylianos Icon on Real Bark ~ Sponsor of the Children
- $65.00$56.00
Available Size: ~ 15" H x ~6" W
- Product Code: SKU0001407
- Availability: In Stock
Price shown is for each (1) icon. Dimensions of every icon are approximate because they are created on real pine bark. Each icon is handmade and handpainted and no one is alike.
Available Size: ~ 15" H x ~6" W
Information: Saint Stylianos concerned himself primarily with children, not just the physically afflicted but also with those who were in need of spiritual guidance. Families from all walks of life were said to have entrusted to Stylianos the enlightenment of their children, and he was forced to seek out larger headquarters and to recruit from the ranks of his hermit friends the assistance needed to tend to so many. His was probably the first day-care centre in the world, where mothers could safely leave their children while tending to other matters of the home.
Stylianos was to become the patron saint of children yet to be born, owing to stories of his miraculous intercession for a young woman who helped him with children but could bear none of her own. When the woman conceived, her husband out of sheer joy spread the word of this miracle, and before long many barren women came to the great hermit. Those whose faith in Jesus Christ was genuine became fertile.
Notice: This is an Imported item from Greece and very delicate in its details, therefore it is not Returnable/Refundable except an error of Portara.