The Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
On view through 21 NovemberThe child Mary is brought to the Temple by Joachim and Anna: icons for the feast of 21 November, which opens the way to Christmas.
Exact reproductions of icons from Mount Athos and other monasteries and shrines, gilded by hand. Hand-painted originals, silver reliefs and gallery prints too, delivered insured worldwide.
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From the original painted by hand to the gallery print, every icon follows the Byzantine canon.
The child Mary is brought to the Temple by Joachim and Anna: icons for the feast of 21 November, which opens the way to Christmas.
11 November
An icon of the saint is a meaningful name-day gift.
All feasts of November →Hand-painted icons and museum editions begin as natural wood panels. The gold or silver leaf is laid by hand, sheet by sheet, matte or water-gilded and burnished to a mirror, before the image is painted or reproduced to museum standards.
Browse the collection by subject, the way the iconostasis is read: Christ and the Theotokos first, then the angels, apostles and saints.
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