Theotokos "Tenderness"Icon (SP) (1) Silver-plated icons:8 X 11

Theotokos "Tenderness"Icon (SP) (1) Silver-plated icons:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Theotokos the "Tenderness", "Sweet Kiss" in Silver Plated (SP 1). Silver plated icons are made with the latest and very specific technique. The icon is a copy of a hand painted icon and the background is silver 958. This icon miraculously came to Mount Athos where the original of this type is kept at theMonastery of Philotheou. In this icon Panagia is holding the Christ Child on her right arm, while with her other arm she presents him

God made sweet for him and his disciple

the Holy Spirit revealed to Simeon that the baby held by the Virgin Mary was the Promised Messiah

which he carried out with complete love and devotion

all the known Christians were thrown into prison

and so her father

which is placed in such a way on the icon that it appears that she has a third hand

John is on the left baptizing Christ

she wore tears

and would give birth to the Savior

so she wandered through the poor section of Petersburg with no place to lay her head

The Lord strengthened her and helped her to bear sorrow and misfortune patiently for the next forty-five years

The leader of Lycia then was Asclepius