Description
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 Agia Zoni (Holy Belt)
The only sacred relic with reference to the earthly presence of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Belt, is preserved (partly) in the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi at Mount Athos. The Agia Zoni (Holy Belt) was woven by the Virgin Mary herself using camel hair. After the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, the Agia Zoni (Holy Belt) was safely kept with devotion by two poor and pious women who took care of the Virgin Mary. The emperor Arcadius (395-408 AD) brought it to Constantinople and placed it in a reliquary naming it "Holy Remains". The Empress Pulcheria, daughter of Arcadius, built a temple to store the Belt, which she even decorated with a golden thread. Over the years, the Belt was cut in pieces and some of them were transferred to several churches in Constantinople. After the Fall, only one piece of the belt arrived at the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi by unknown carriers. According to tradition, John Katakouzinos VI brought it with him in 1354, and became a Monk after he resigned from his official position.
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