Russian Store - Silver theca with the first-class relic of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist

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Boris, Germany

I would like to thank you again for the process of buying and your great support. The Ikon is wonderful and everything worked out perfectly. I will definitely write a positive review and can recommend you without reservation. Thank you very much!

Henry, UK

Thank you for the icon of St. Princess Sofia. A very interesting person. Once again a very speedy and efficient delivery.

Dushan, Alberta, Canada

The Old Believer icon of Our Lady of the Unburnt Thornbush is exquisite. It arrived this morning and is now hanging in my icon corner, alongside the other beautiful antique icons that I have acquired from the Russian Store.

Maria, Oracle, AZ

Thank you so much for the beautiful way you shipped the relics. They are beautiful & I hope Santa Filomena is happy in her new home!

Michael, TX

I just wanted to send you an email to let you know that the Passion Relics arrived safe & sound this morning. They are more beautiful than the photos shown in the description on your website!

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Silver theca with the first-class relic of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist

Late 19th-century silver oval theca housing on the background of red silk the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist. The relic is titled on ornate paper cedula as Ex Oss. S. Matthae Apost. The back of the theca is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with a coat of arms of Guglielmo Pifferi (+1910) O.S.A., titular Bishop of Porphyreon and papal sacristan in charge of the care of the sacred items - items that belong to the Holy Father and the papal chapels in the Vatican.

Saint Matthew also known as Levi was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and one of the four Evangelist. He was a publican who, while sitting at the "receipt of custom" in Capernaum, was called to follow Jesus. Matthew is recognized as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican churches. His feast day is celebrated on 21 September in the West and 16 November in the East. He is also commemorated by the Orthodox, together with the other Apostles, on 30 June (13 July), the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles. His tomb is located in the crypt of Salerno Cathedral in southern Italy.