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Icon of Saint Christopher and Jesus, hand painted with ancient Byzantine techniques on natural wood, pigments dissolved with egg tempera.

(14,5 x 20 x 2,5) cm

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Bio
Saint Christopher (Christoforos) came from a semi-barbaric race and was called Rebrovos, which means unscrupulous, disapproving, damned. He probably lived during the times of Emperor Decius (249 - 251 A.D.), when in Antioch Bishop was Saint Jeromartys Vavylas (honored September 4th).
The Saint in terms of the outward appearance was so very ugly, which is why he was called a "canine face".
His conversion to Christ was miraculous. He was captured in battle, conducted by his nation with Roman imperial troops. He was ranked in the Roman legions and fought against the Persians, on Gordi and Philip.
When he was still occupied, to please Christ, he settled on a dangerous river passage and carried free of charge on his shoulders those who wished to cross the river. One day a small child came to him, who begged him deals to pass him across the street. Rebrovos willingly put it on his shoulders and, relying on his rod, entered the river. But as he progressed, the more the child's weight increased, so that he managed to reach the opposite bank with great effort. As soon as he reached his destination, he told the child that the whole world would not be so heavy. His child replied: "No wonder, because you not only carried the whole world, but also made him. I am He in whose service you have set your powers and in proof of this plant your wand and tomorrow it will have sprouted," and immediately disappeared. Rebrovos planted the rod and the next day found it indeed to have sprouted. After this incident he was baptized a Christian by St. Jerome Vavla, who renamed him Christopher. The ungrateful divine Grace, who received the time of baptism and baptism, transformed his whole existence. And yet this wayward look looked brighter and prettier.
In Orthodox hagiography the Saint is depicted carrying Christ on his shoulder. Perhaps because of this fact he is considered a protector of the drivers and in the Small Wish, and in particular in the Sequence "on the blessing of a new vehicle" there is, first in a row, his absolutism.
During the persecution of Christians at the time, shortly after his baptism, he saw Christians being abused by pagans. Out of indignation he intervened and made drastic remarks to them, and escaped capture thanks to his gigantic stature and heraklion power. But he was denounced to the emperor and ordered to be arrested. Two hundred soldiers were sent to this end. After researching in various places, they found him while he was preparing to eat a piece of dry bread. The soldiers and the hungry asked St. Christopher to give them food, and in return they promised him that they would not abuse him. One of the soldiers, seeing that apart from the dry bread there was no other food, mocking Christopher, told him that he would gladly become a Christian if he had the power to fill them all with that piece of bread. Then the Saint, after kneeling, began to beg Christ to multiply that piece of bread, as he multiplied the five breads in the desert, so that the hungry soldiers could fill up and be enlightened in His recognition and confession. The Saint's request was heeded and the piece of bread multiplied. Seeing the soldiers of this miracle, they fell at the feet of the Saint and begged him to get to know his God better. The Saint presented The Christian teaching with simplicity and after all expressed the desire to become Christian, he led them to the Bishop of Antioch Vavla, who, after indeping them, baptized them. When Emperor Dekios was informed of the fact, the soldiers arrested and beheaded Him, and Christopher tried with promises and flattery to repent, but his efforts were met with persistent denial of it. Then he sent to him two corrupt women, Akilina and Kalliniki, hoping that with their lures they would seduce and lure him. The two women, after hearing the Saint's exhortation to return to the path of chastity and virtue, became Christians and, after appearing before emperor Decius, confessed to Christ. That's why they found martyrdom.
St. Christopher was then subjected to horrific torture and finally suffered the decapitated death in 251 AD.