Christ The Teacher with Feast Days, framed gold and silver foiled Orthodox
icon covered with glass.
Frame measures: 14 1/2" tall x 10 1/2" wide
Icon inside measures: 11 1/4" x 7 1/4" wide
Thickness of frame 1/2"
High quality. Wall hanging.
Made in Ukraine.
FEAST DAY ICONS THEIR CELEBRATION DATES ACCORDING TO THE GREGORIAN AND JULIAN CALENDARS) CLOCKWISE FROM THE TOP
1. Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Sept 8/23)
2. Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple (Nov 21/Dec 4)
3.
Annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel that Mary would become the
Mother of God
4.
Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Feb2/15)
5. Entry into Jerusalem - Palm Sunday one week before Pascha
6. Crucifixion of Christ - Holy or Good Friday
7. Doubting Thomas Sunday - a week after Pascha
8. Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Mother of God (Aug 15/28)
9.
Old Testament Trinity - the three angels that appeared to Abraham and Sarah prefiguring the Holy Trinity (Fifty Days after Pasha)
10. Feast of the Holy Spirit (Day after Pentecost)
11. Ascension of Christ to Heaven (Forty Days after Pascha)
12. PASCHA - the Resurrection - the Decent Into Hell
13. Transfiguration of Christ with Moses and Elijah before the apostles Peter, James and John on Mount Tabor (Aug 6/19)
14 Baptism of Christ in the Jordon River by St John the Baptist (Jan 6/19)
15 Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross
TRADITIONAL WEDDING GIFT specially among Slavic peoples.
The tradition on "who" wo gives the icon set varies. Some sources relate that the icon of Christ is given to the groom by his parents and the icon of the Theotokos is given by the bride's parents to her. Regardless who gives the matched set to the newly "crowned" (the term used for a
wedding in the Eastern Churches) couple as they begin the "new" Christian kingdom of family.
Traditionally the
icons are taken to the church to be blessed and remained 40 days before the wedding. In the wedding ceremony the bride and groom may hold their respective icon during the "Dance or Isaiah" or they may receive them with the exhortation from the priest on the duties of the a husband and wife using the examples of Abraham and Sarah.
