Silver icon with Theotokos the Formidable Protection. 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.
This icon of Theotokos was the only object that was saved by a terrible fire, which completely destroyed a monastery in Crete. The icon was moved to the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou, where it continues to perform many miracles, as evidenced by the fathers and pilgrims of the monastery. Μore about Theotokos the Formidable Protection.
