Silver icon with Theotokos of Jerusalem. Handmade silver icon on natural wood, made with 925ο silver. 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 hand-painted on canvas by specialized iconographers, according to the traditional techniques of Byzantine Iconography. 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.
The miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary of Jerusalem was hagiographed in 1870 AD in a miraculous way. It has traveled to many places in Greece for worship, performing countless miracles, while a faithful copy of it, is in the city of Genesis, Xanthi, Greece. Μore about Virgin Mary of Jerusalem.
