St Olga of Alaska & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox named portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “St Olga of Alaska & 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 Olga 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 Olga of Alaska
North America’s first woman saint, a mother to the wounded.
Orthodox Christians pray to St Olga of Alaska for healing for survivors of abuse, for a safe and peaceful childbirth, and for comfort in grief. She is a Yup’ik mother and midwife who listened without judgment, and she still comes to those who suffer in silence.
Why this saint
Olga was born in 1916 in Kwethluk, a Yup’ik village on Alaska’s Kuskokwim River. She married Nicolai Michael, who became the village priest, and as his matushka she was the quiet heart of the village. She raised a large family in poverty, baked prosphora, sewed for the needy and served as the village midwife. When she reposed in November 1979, the frozen river thawed so that boats could reach her funeral. Since then, many have told of her comfort in dreams. A survivor of abuse was freed from decades of torment, and a difficult labor ended in peace. The OCA glorified her in 2025.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for healing for survivors of abuse, including childhood and clergy abuse
- Prayed to for a safe and peaceful childbirth
- Prayed to for the gift of children after miscarriage
- Prayed to for comfort in grief and a peaceful death for loved ones
- Prayed to for healing and recovery from surgery
- Prayed to for relief from nightmares and trauma
- Prayed to for reconciliation and restored peace of soul
- Protector of survivors of abuse, of women in childbirth, and of the grieving
- Patron of mothers and grandmothers, midwives, and priests’ wives
- Feast day
10 November (28 October on the Julian calendar), per the 2023 OCA Synod proclamation; the OCA calendar now lists 27 October. Also All Saints of North America (second Sunday after Pentecost).
- Name-day names
Olga. (Olgas traditionally keep St Olga of Kiev on 11 July. Name-day use of this feast is not yet established.)
- For whom
an expectant mother, a midwife or nurse, a priest’s wife, a woman carrying an old wound, an American convert.
- 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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