Sts Nicholas II & Alexandra (Royal Passion-Bearers) Folding Diptych
$69
Collectible Christian Orthodox named portable folding icon, a diptych for the home: “Sts Nicholas II & Alexandra (Royal Passion-Bearers)”. 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 Nicholas or Alexandra 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
Sts Nicholas & Alexandra, Passion-Bearers
A marriage that held through prison and death.
Orthodox couples pray to the Passion-Bearers Nicholas and Alexandra for a faithful and honorable marriage, for love and unity in the family, and for raising their children in the faith. This diptych has no Angel panel: the husband on one leaf, the wife on the other.
Why these saints
Nicholas and Alexandra married in 1894. She came to Orthodoxy after long searching and loved it with her whole heart. He made their home a little church, praying often and honoring the saints. Their son Alexei, born after long prayer, was called “the fruit of the prayers of the Wonderworker of Sarov.” He bore a grave illness from childhood, and his parents carried it with him in prayer. From 1917 the couple shared captivity, humiliation and danger without complaint, forgiving those who held them. On the night of 16–17 July 1918 they were killed together at Yekaterinburg. The Church honors them as passion-bearers.
Traditional patronage
- Prayed to for a faithful and honorable marriage
- Prayed to for love and unity in the family
- Prayed to for raising children in the faith
- Prayed to for healing of sick children
- Prayed to for patience and meekness under trials
- Prayed to for forgiveness of enemies
- Protector of the family hearth
- Protector of Orthodox families from division
- Patron of married couples, husbands, wives and parents
- Feast day
17 July (the Old Calendar’s 4 July falls on the same civil day).
- Name-day names
none on this feast for Nicholas (he keeps St Nicholas the Wonderworker). Since 2000 many Alexandras keep 17 July.
- For whom
a newly married couple, an anniversary, godparents who want to honor a marriage.
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