Hagiography Hand Painted Wooden Icon Saint Taisia

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Saint Taisia

Hand Painted Hagiography


May 23rd (May 10th old calendar).


Thaisia was a rich maiden, a Christian in Egypt. She decided not to marry, but to give her possessions to the hermit monks. But, when she had given away all her goods, she gave herself to a life of debauchery. Hearing of this, the hermits begged Abba John the Dwarf to do something, and he went to Alexandria and began to weep in Thaisia’s hearing. When she heard the old man weeping for her sins, she repented at once, left her house and everything she had and went into the desert after the saint. One night when she was sleeping and John was standing in prayer, he saw an angel in a nimbus of light coming down to take Thaisia’s soul. And John saw that her sudden but deep repentance was more pleasing to God than the years-long but shallow repentance of many of the hermits.


Source :
Holy Protection Russian Orthodox Church



Hand Painted Byzantine Icon on Wood, using the finest colour combination on canvas.

It was made for a special order, it can be reproduced on request same size or simmiral

Dimensions: 18x25cm