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.
Saints Joachim and Anna are the parents of the Most Holy Theotokos. The couple miraculously gave birth to the Theotokos in old age. The Synaxis of the righteous parents of the Theotokos was appointed the day after the Birth of the Theotokos because they became ambassadors of the world’s salvation with the birth of the Theotokos.
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.
Saints Joachim and Anna are the parents of the Most Holy Theotokos. Joachim was a descendant of Judah and David. Having forfeited the throne, he lived privately in Jerusalem, where he had a mansion with a royal garden. He married Anna, daughter of Matthew the Priest of the tribe of Levi. So the couple had a wonderful life - Joachim died at the age of 92, and Anna died 11 months after Joachim at the age of 83. It is worth noting, however, that the couple miraculously gave birth to the Theotokos at the age of 80 for Joachim and 70 for Anna. The Synaxis of the righteous parents of the Theotokos, according to ecclesiastical tradition, was appointed the day after the Birth of the Theotokos, because they became ambassadors of the world’s salvation with the birth of the Theotokos.
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