Christ (Zvenigorod Saviour) & Vladimir Mother of God Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “Christ (Zvenigorod Saviour) & Vladimir Mother of God travel diptych (Rublev era)”. It consists of two portable pocket icons, each set in a wooden frame, joined together.
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The wood is pine; the icon images are produced by a printed reproduction process, laminated and carefully protected by glass. Both the front and the back of the diptych are covered in beautiful velvet. Its compact size makes it convenient to keep at home or to carry on the road while traveling. When folded, the diptych takes up minimal space and is secured by a side clasp. This portable Orthodox icon diptych makes a thoughtful and meaningful gift for every Christian or a loved one, for a name day or another special occasion.
Made in Russia
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Dimensions and materials
- Folded
- 3.15 × 3.55 in (8 × 9.5 cm)
- Open
- 6.3 × 3.55 in (16.5 × 9.5 cm)
- Thickness
- 1.2 in (3.5 cm)
- Origin
- Made in Russia
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We pack every order within two business days and ship to all 50 states, DC and APO/FPO addresses. Shipping is free on orders of $99 or more, and $6.95 below that. Shipping policy
Returns
Return any item within 30 days of delivery for a refund. Consecrated items are final sale. Returns policy
Zvenigorod Saviour & Vladimir Mother of God
Two of the most loved faces in Russian iconography.
Orthodox Christians pray before the Saviour for mercy, healing and the salvation of their souls. Before the Vladimir Mother of God they ask for peace for their land, deliverance from danger and calamity, and the strengthening of their faith. These are two masterpieces of the Rublev era in one small case.
Why this pair
The Zvenigorod Saviour, from an early fifteenth-century Deesis tier attributed to St Andrei Rublev, was found near Zvenigorod in 1918. Its gentle, searching gaze makes it one of the most loved faces of Christ in the world. The Vladimir icon, of the twelfth century, came from Constantinople to Kiev and then to Vladimir. Tradition holds that St Luke painted the original. The Child presses His cheek to His Mother’s: the “Tenderness” type. In 1395, on the very day Moscow met the icon, Tamerlane saw a radiant Woman in a dream and turned back.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for mercy and forgiveness of sins (Christ)
- Prayed to for healing of body and soul (Christ)
- Prayed to for strength to keep the Gospel commandments (Christ)
- Prayed to for peace for one’s land (Vladimir)
- Prayed to for deliverance from danger and calamity (Vladimir)
- Prayed to for the strengthening of faith (Vladimir)
- Prayed to for the tender love between mother and child (Vladimir)
- Protector of the faithful who flee to her protection
- Protector of the household that keeps His icon
- Feast days
Vladimir icon, 26 August (8 September on the Old Calendar), 23 June (6 July) and 21 May (3 June), all Russian feasts. The Lord’s feasts: Transfiguration, 6 August (19 August on the Old Calendar).
- For whom
an art lover, a convert drawn by Rublev, a mother, a family’s first icon corner.
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