St Olaf, King of Norway & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox named portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “St Olaf, King of Norway & 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 Olaf 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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St Olaf, King of Norway
The king who brought Christ to the North.
Orthodox Christians pray to St Olaf for the strengthening of the faith in their people and their homes, for healing of the sick, and for courage to stand for Christ against opposition. He is a passion-bearer of the undivided Church, and he once found shelter in Orthodox Novgorod.
Why this saint
Olaf Haraldsson was baptized as a young man and became King of Norway in 1015. He spent his reign planting the faith among a fiercely pagan people. He built churches, brought bishops and gave the Norwegian Church its first order. When the pagan chieftains rose against him, he took refuge in Novgorod at the court of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. In 1030 he returned and fell at Stiklestad on 29 July. A year later his body was found incorrupt, and healings at his shrine made Nidaros one of the great pilgrimages of the North. Norway still calls him its “Eternal King.”
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for the strengthening of Christian faith in one’s people and homeland
- Prayed to for healing of the sick
- Prayed to for courage to stand for Christ against opposition
- Prayed to for a Christian end in the face of death
- Prayed to for the conversion and enlightenment of the North
- Prayed to for protection for travelers by sea
- Protector from the powers of darkness, and of seafarers
- Patron of Norway, the Faroe Islands, Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans
- Patron of Christian rulers and of Scandinavian Orthodox Christians
- Feast day
29 July (11 August on the Old Calendar). He is kept mainly in Russian usage and by the Orthodox of Scandinavia. Lutheran Norway keeps the day as Olsok.
- Name-day names
Olaf, Olav, Olaus, Ola, Olavi.
- For whom
every Olaf or Olav, Norwegian-American and Scandinavian families, a Midwestern convert, a Lutheran friend who loves the old saints.
- 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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