Agia Barbara ( St. Barbara ) - Patron Saint of Roads
Name Day: December 4

This is an exact copy of a Byzantine hagiography icon, handmade in Greece using traditional Byzantine iconography techniques. Comes with stamp of authenticity on back. Silver is 950 degrees proof and is tarnish-free (does not require polish). Face is hand-painted in fine detail, using high quality paint.

St. Barbara was an intelligent, beautiful woman who was kept in seclusion in a tower by her father. When he discovered her conversion to Christianity, she was violently tortured, but Christ appeared to her in jail and healed her wounds. Refusing to accept the Roman pagan idols, she was subsequently beheaded by her father in the third century. St. Barbara is the patron saint of roads. Her relics can be found at: Rousanou Monastery, Meteora; Kechrovounion, and Tinos.

NOTE: Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery. Call for express options.