Virgin Glykofilousa - Sweet Kissing - Polished 100% handpainted icon in canvas with 24K gold background on specially crafted wood - Mount Athos

This special icon is carefully handcrafted using the traditional methods of Byzantine iconography by skilled iconographers. It is created on specially crafted wood and adorned with 24K gold leaf.

The intricate carvings on the icons are entirely hand-made, ensuring that every detail showcases exceptional craftsmanship. Our gilded icons require a specialized crafting process that involves meticulous care and precision.

Before each shipment, our iconographers perform a final finish and thorough quality inspection to ensure the utmost excellence of the artwork.

All of our icons are blessed by monks from Mount Athos before being to our customers, imbuing each piece with spiritual significance.

Due to this careful process, delivery may take place within 7-15 business days. We offer the option to include a personalized short dedication on the back of the icon.

Virgin Mary Glykofilousa- Sweet Kissing

At the Museum of the Monastery of Arcadi, the Holy Monastery that binded its fate with the dramatic historical moments of Crete, is exhibited a wooden portable icon that depicts the Virgin Mary, Sweet Kissing. The icon, dated in the first half of the 18th century is crafted in wood with egg tempera and stays intact despite the multiple decays.

In the icon of Virgin Mary Glykofilousa-Sweet Kissing, the Virgin Mary embraces little Jesus with her left hand while she holds his left hand with her right hand and leans tenderly her cheek to his. The right foot of Jesus is slightly forward and at the right and left top side of the icon, two angels’ busts are depicted. The intense colors, the bright coloring of the flesh, the austere and plain design of the clothes refer to another work that is kept in the Monastery, the icon of Saint George the Header. Both works belong to the same chronological period.