Saint Kerkyra

Orthodox icon of Saint Kerkyra on thick plywood 20mm, which does not sting and keeps its shape over time. Preparation with acrylic stucco and have been used acrylic colors. It has been covered with varnish to keep the colors undiluted in time and humidity. Hanging clip included on the back of the icon. 

St. Kerkyra was the daughter of the pagan King of Kerkyra named Kerkyllinos. She was benevolent and through Holy Baptism she become a member of the Church. At a point in her life she came to know the Apostles Jason and Sosipater, who were in Kerkyra preaching the Gospel. They were arrested by the pagan king Kerkyllinos who interrogated them, tortured them hard and then sent them to jail. The Apostles Jason and Sosipater did not cease preaching the Gospel even in prison, and they managed to attract seven famous bandits, the prison guard Anthony and Kerkyra. When Kerkyllinos was informed about this, he called for his daughter and tried to dissuade her. This proved impossible, so in great anger he order her imprisonment. She was tortured hard by her pagan father but she remained faithfull unto death. They killed her with arrows and in this way she delivered her holy soul into the hands of the living god. Her feast day is on April 29.