Saint Alexander of Svir (1448-1533). Russian Orthodox Icon.  In 1641 his relics were uncovered and discovered to be incorrupt. His relics remained at the Svir Monastery until 1918 when the Bolsheviks stole them and tried to discredit and destroy them. Their "scientific" investigations failed to discredit their validity and they finally hid them away for 80 years in a military hospital. In 1997 the relics were rediscovered and found to still be incorrupt, as if the Saint had died just recently. Fragrant Myrrh flows from his relics which are now located again at the Svir Monastery.

Sizes: 

#Tiny - (1¼" x 1½" on ¼" wood). 
#330 - S (2½" x 3" on ½" wood). 
#650 - M (3½" x 4" on ⅝" wood). 
#997 - ML (5" x 6¼" on ¾" wood). 
#1258 - L (6¾" x 8¼" on ¾" 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.  

Icon inscriptions in Church Slavonic.