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SAINT OLGA
Icon with water-gilding on linden wood. Icon painting that employs the most suitable colors and application of egg-tempera paints. Water-gilding with gold leaf 24K. Application of hand-engravings (tsoukaniko).
Saint Olga was descended from a wealthy family and married to the Kievan prince Igor. Igor was murdered in 945 AD, and as queen, she did everything she could so that the Russian people would come to know the truth of the Gospel of Christ. Her memory is honoured on the 11th of July.
Icon with water-gilding on natural linden wood. The wood has been prepared in heat and gilded with gold leaf 24K, in accordance with traditional Byzantine techniques. The icon has been painted with egg-tempera paints for best performance and endurance of colors used. The colors were chosen based on studies and analyses of older icons by renowned iconographers, after ARTIS had first conducted conservation treatments on them. Application of hand-engravings (tsoukaniko).
Saint Olga was descended from a wealthy family and married to the Kievan prince Igor. Igor was murdered in 945 AD, and Saint Olga took over the reins of power. In 957 AD, after receiving Holy Baptism, she took the name Helen. As queen, she did everything she could so that the Russian people would come to know the truth of the Gospel of Christ. When she came to visit Byzantium, she was warmly received for her efforts on behalf of the Christian faith. Still in the midst of this struggle, she gave up her last breath on the 11th of July, 969 AD.