Silver icon with Saint Marina. Handmade silver icon on natural wood, made with 925ο silver with local 22K gold plating. The natural wood used for the synthesis of the icon is beech (fagus) from Mount Athos, a wood that is receptive to aging techniques that give the appearance of vintage to the wood, without altering the depicted image.
The depictions of faces, hands, halos or other representations are depicted in excellent quality and clarity silkscreen with "vivid" colors. The silver frame of the icon is held by nails to resemble the original icons. On the back side, the icon has a small metal ring made of horseshoe nails so that it can be hung.
Saint Marina was born in Antioch of Pisidia, from an idolatrous father, during the years of Emperor Claudius II, in 270 AD. She was Christian and at the age of 15, she refused to renounce Christianity in order to marry Olybrius, a Governor of the Roman Army. Upon her refusal, she was cruelly tortured and she then got beheaded. Saint Marina celebrates on July 17th.
