ANTIQUE 1895 RUSSIAN SILVER KAZAN MOTHER AND CHILD ICON MOSCOW 5"by4"¼ For Sale

Size: 5"inchesx4"¼

Our Lady of Kazan, also called Theotokos of Kazan (Russian: tr. Kazanskaya Bogomater), was a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. Copies of the image are also venerated in the Catholic Church. It was considered a palladium of Russia for centuries, until its theft and likely destruction in 1904. Two major Kazan Cathedrals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, as are numerous churches throughout the land. Her feast days are July 21 and November 4 (which is also the Day of National Unity). Ancient and venerated copies have been displayed at the Kazan Cathedral of Moscow, at Yaroslavl, and at St. Petersburg.

.The openings of the faces of the hands or other members of the depicted saints are made one by one by hand with a jigsaw. Halos likewise.