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Henry UK

The icon of St Empress Helena arrived today. Thank you for another beautiful icon and a very prompt delivery.

Jeff and Enrica

JUST BEAUTIFUL! Many thanks for working with me to acquire this rare and inspiring work of art. It is always a pleasure dealing with you!

Fr James, England

Thank you so much for the relic of St Pancras and the beautiful reliquary, everything arrived safely and well packaged. Every blessing to you.

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.

John Vice, Croatia

This is just to let you know that the relics arrived today safe and sound! Thank you again for making it possible to acquire these important artifacts of Catholic piety and Christian heritage so as to stoke the fire of piety, faith and intercessory prayers towards saints in todays generation of Catholics. Many regards and God bless.

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Russian Icon - Saint John the Forerunner, Angel of the Desert

The icon depicts Saint John the Forerunner in the iconography of "the Angel of the desert". Saint John the Forerunner depicted standing in a deserted landscape next to a symbolic tree stump on the left corner that suspends an ax (Matthew 3:10: "The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."). He looks like an Angel with wavy hair and wings holding in his right hand a chalice with his own lifeless head. In his left hand is a scroll with the beginning of verse from Matthew 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." St. John is depicted as an "earthly Angel" and a "heavenly man" according to the hymnography of the Church for his feast. His wings symbolize his Angelic pure manner of life. Saint John was preserved by the Lord in the desert.