Tender Feeling Mother of God. Russian Orthodox Icon. Saint Seraphim of Sarov often prayed in front of this icon, kneeling on a rock for 1000 days during one particularly long ascetic endeavor. He called this icon his "Joy of Joys." Saint Seraphim reposed while praying alone in his cell kneeling in front of this icon.

Size: 

#53 - S (2½" x 3" on ½" wood). 

Icons manufactured by a Russian supplier using their proprietary process of applying successive layers of color and metallic-like patterns resulting in a brilliant, detailed, and nearly three dimensional appearance. (Note: The photograph of this icon will be updated soon. Actual icons now have reflective silver/gold backgrounds and halos that cover up some of the dark background shown in this old picture)

Icon inscriptions in Church Slavonic.