Orthodox Icon Saint Nikephoros

 Orthodox Icon Saint Nikephoros

The Orthodox Icon of Saint Nikephoros is lovingly crafted in natural poplar wood. Its technique is lithography, while the wood is carved with a wavy outline that gives a modern touch to the icon.

Its embossed representation makes it a unique piece which requires high craftsmanship to be made. Its special design manages to combine traditional and modern elements, making it the most loved icon design in the customers preferences!

It is manufactured in Greece by experienced craftsmen and is produced in 4 dimensions in order to cover every need. Finally, it is worth noting that it has been specially treated and varnished to have maximum resistance to time and damage.

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Saint Nikephoros the Confessor

Saint Nikiforos was born in Constantinople in 758. His parents Theodoros and Eudokia belonged to an aristocratic and official social class, pious and virtuous people who nurtured their son with the threads of the Holy Scriptures. In fact, his father's commitment to the right faith caused him to be persecuted and exiled by the iconoclast emperor Constantine V, the Kopronymos, to Nicaea, where he died. Gifted with special intellectual abilities, he acquired a great theological and spiritual education. But he quickly retired to an estate on the Bosphorus, where he devoted himself to exercise and the study of the Holy Scriptures.But the emperor obliged him to take over the management of the great almshouse of Constantinople. When the Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople fell asleep, the emperor Nikephoros I, indicated as a worthy successor of Nikephoros, and indeed in 806 he ascended to the Patriarchal Throne. He fought hard for the worship of the holy Icons. But when in 813 AD ascended the throne of the Empress, Leo V, the Armenian, a quiet persecution broke out against the iconoclasts. Nicephoros' arrogant attitude in the protection of Orthodoxy caused the wrath of the emperor, who removed him from the patriarchal throne. He suffered many sufferings and finally gave up his spirit to God on June 2, 822.

Orthodox Church celebrates his memory on June 2

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Orthodox Icon Saint Nikephoros