St Mark the Apostle & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox named portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “St Mark the Apostle & 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 Mark 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 Mark the Apostle
The lion-evangelist who founded the Church of Alexandria.
Orthodox Christians pray to the Apostle Mark for forgiveness of sins, for strength in their weakness, and for deliverance from every sorrow and trouble. He wrote down St Peter’s preaching as a Gospel, and here he is shown writing it, beside the Guardian Angel.
Why this saint
Mark, also called John Mark, grew up in Jerusalem. His mother’s house near Gethsemane was a gathering place for the apostles. He traveled with Peter and Paul, and Peter called him “my son.” In Rome he wrote his Gospel, a short and urgent record of the power of Christ. In Alexandria he healed the injured hand of the cobbler Ananias, who was baptized with his household. Mark founded the Church of Egypt there. Pagans seized him while he was serving the Liturgy and dragged him through the streets, and he died saying, “Into Your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.” In the West he is also patron of Venice and of lawyers.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for forgiveness of sins
- Prayed to for help and strength in our weaknesses
- Prayed to for deliverance from every sorrow, sin and trouble
- Prayed to for his strong intercession and protection
- Prayed to for remembrance of our heavenly calling and a Christian end of life
- Protector of the faithful in their weakness, and from sorrows and troubles
- Protector of the Church against those who would plunder God’s inheritance
- Patron of the Church of Alexandria, of Egypt and of Coptic Christians
- In the West, also patron of Venice and of lawyers
- Feast day
25 April (8 May on the Old Calendar).
- Name-day names
Mark, Markos, Marko, Marco.
- For whom
every Mark or Markos, Greek, Egyptian, Coptic and Antiochian families, Italian-American godparents.
- Guardian Angel panel
standard 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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