Russian Orthodox Bronze Icon - St Nicholas with Saints

Russian Orthodox Bronze Icon - St Nicholas with Saints

• Made of bronze. 
• Heavy casting. 
• Dimensions: 6 x 5 in; Weight :  1 pound (16 oz)

These icons were cast in Russia for private devotion. This icon comes from my own collection. I have a few other old bronze icons that will be listed here in the next week or two.

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The prelate Nikolai, Archbishop of Mira in Lycia, is one if the most revered saints in the Orthodox Church, especially in Russia. He lived in the first half of the 4th century and was a bishop in the city of - Mira in the Lycia region in Asia Minor. At Nikolai's election as a bishop, Christ miraculously delivered the gospels to the prelate Nikolai, and the Mother of God delivered an omophor. The prelate Nikolai became renowned for his many Christian deeds. At the time if presecution of the Christians, he was a teacher of faith, one of the fathers of the church, and he spoke at the First Ecumenical Council against the her- esy of Ary. Saint Nikolai is revered as protector if seafarers and travelers, as a helper of the poor and of the condemned innocent. There are celebrations in his honor twice a year: December 6 - the day ofhis death (ca. 345 - 351) and May 9 - the day his relics were transferred from Mira to the city of Bari in Italy (1087).