Theodorovskaya Mother of God. Russian Orthodox Icon. In the 14th century residents of Kostroma, Russia, saw a radiant Saint Theodore Stratelates (an early 4th century Martyr) carrying this icon through their city streets. This icon was so closely associated with Saint Theodore that it began to be called Saint Theodore's icon, or the Theodorovskaya icon.

Size: 

#54 - 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.