St John the Warrior & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox named portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “St John the Warrior & Guardian Angel”. 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, a loved one, or a person named John who is celebrating 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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Return any item within 30 days of delivery for a refund. Consecrated items are final sale. Returns policy
St John the Warrior
The soldier who freed the people he was sent to arrest.
Russians pray to St John the Warrior when something has been stolen or lost, when someone has been wronged, and when a son or husband is in uniform. He is asked to expose thieves, to return what was taken, and to keep those who serve from wounds and sudden death.
Why this saint
John served in the Roman army under Julian the Apostate, who sent him to hunt down Christians. John was secretly a Christian himself. He freed those already arrested, warned others and helped them escape. For this he was thrown into prison in Constantinople. Released after Julian’s death in 363, he gave the rest of his long life to his neighbors: he visited the sick, comforted the grieving, and showed mercy to Christians and pagans alike. Long after his repose he appeared to a devout woman and showed her his forgotten tomb, and his relics healed many. The Church still invokes him to expose thieves.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for the exposing of thieves and the recovery of stolen property
- Prayed to for finding what has been lost
- Prayed to for justice for the wronged and offended
- Prayed to for strength for those in military service
- Prayed to for comfort in grief and sorrow, and help in difficult circumstances
- Prayed to for deliverance from captivity, wounds and sudden death, and for healing
- Protector from thieves and robbers, and from those who plot evil
- Protector of soldiers from wounds and sudden death
- Patron of the wronged, of prisoners, of victims of theft, and of all who grieve
- Feast day
30 July (12 August on the Old Calendar), Slavic usage. Greek usage keeps him on 29 July.
- Name-day names
John, Ivan, Ioannis.
- For whom
a son or husband in the service, a veteran, a small-business owner, anyone who has been robbed or wronged. (The prayer for stolen and lost things is especially Russian and Ukrainian.)
- Guardian Angel panel
standard half-length Angel.
The Guardian Angel on the other leaf
The angel given to you at baptism.
The Orthodox Church teaches that at holy baptism God gives every Christian a personal Guardian Angel. The angel stays beside that Christian for life: guarding from evil, helping in doing good, praying before God, and accompanying the soul after death. Christ said of the little ones that “their angels always behold the face of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 18:10). The canon to the Guardian Angel says the angel is given “from holy baptism” and “forever.” Every morning and evening Orthodox Christians pray, “O Angel of Christ, my holy guardian.” That is why Russian piety sets the Guardian Angel beside your patron saint: the two heavenly companions you received at baptism, in one icon.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for protection from every evil and danger
- Prayed to for help in doing good, and against one’s sins and passions
- Prayed to for intercession before God and guidance on the path of salvation
- Prayed to for safe journeys: “He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways”
- Protector of children from harm
- Protector on every road: of travelers and drivers
- Protector from evil spirits and their snares, and from sudden calamity
- Companion and guardian of the soul after death
- Feast
Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and all the Bodiless Powers, 8 November (21 November on the Old Calendar). The Orthodox Church has no separate feast of Guardian Angels. The 2 October feast is Catholic.
- Name day
Angelos / Angeliki (Greek custom, 8 November).
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