Christmas greeting card. Box contains 16 cards. Original is egg tempera on gessoed walnut panel carved and painted by the Russian master iconographer, Leonid Ouspensky. A laminated print in full color of the large icon of St. Nectarios with scenes from his life found at St. Nectarios Church, Seattle, Washington. Hand cast cross plaque from, a design on a 10th century reliquary cover in Constantinople.
Stones are red carnelians.
Indoor or outdoor use. Byzantine chant in Greek for Lazarus Saturday by Yioryos and Konstantinos Bilalis of Romeiko. CD is accompanied by a beautiful full color book with rare icons, musicological commentary on hymns and translation of text. The Resurrection of Christ through theological texts of the Holy Fathers and unpublished texts of contemporary theologians. Rare icons and analysis by expert iconographers.