St Patrick of Ireland & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox named portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “St Patrick of Ireland & 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 Patrick 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 Patrick of Ireland
A former slave who came back to bring Christ to his captors.
Orthodox Christians pray to St Patrick for faithfulness to God’s calling in hardship, for courage to witness to Christ, and for protection from the powers of darkness, as the ancient prayer attributed to him asks. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honored by Orthodox and Catholics alike.
Why this saint
Patrick was born in Roman Britain around 385. At sixteen he was seized by raiders and sold as a slave in Ireland, where he herded swine on a mountain and learned to pray without ceasing. After six years a vision told him his ship was ready. He walked two hundred miles to the coast and sailed home. Later, in a dream, an angel brought him a letter titled “The Voice of the Irish,” calling him back. He returned as a bishop and endured insults and threats. He baptized multitudes and set his see at Armagh. He called himself “a sinner” and gave all the credit to God’s grace.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for faithfulness to God’s calling despite hardship
- Prayed to for courage to witness to Christ
- Prayed to for humility, trusting all success to God’s grace
- Prayed to for perseverance under insult and opposition
- Prayed to for the enlightenment of all who do not yet know Christ
- Protector of missionaries in danger
- Protector of the faithful from the powers of darkness
- Patron of Ireland, the Irish people and the Irish diaspora
- Patron of former captives and of those who bring the Gospel to new lands
- Feast day
17 March (30 March on the Old Calendar, where listed).
- Name-day names
Patrick, Pádraig.
- For whom
every Patrick, an Irish-American family, a convert from a Catholic home, a godparent in an OCA, Antiochian or ROCOR parish. (His patronage of particular cities, of engineers and against snakes is Western.)
- 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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