Saint Evgeny Rodionov the New Martyr

Orthodox icon of Saint Evgeny Rodionov the New Martyr 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. 

NOTICE: This icon is not painted by me. If you order you will receive the same style of icon with little different colors and details. 

Evgeny (Yevgeny or Eugene) Rodionov was born in western Russia in 1977. He was conscripted into the Russian army in 1995 and deployed to Chechnya in the midst of the First Chechen War. While guarding a checkpoint, Evgeny and two other soldiers were taken prisoner by a group of Islamic rebels and held for 100 days, during which they were tortured. The captors offered to release Evgeny if he would deny Christ and throw away his baptismal cross. He had worn the cross since age 10, never taking it off, and he adamantly refused. Finally, on May 23, 1996 (which was his 19th birthday), he was beheaded, and his comrades were shot. When Evgeny and the others turned up missing, the military police initially thought they had deserted; but his mother, Lyubov Vasiliyevna, could not accept this and went to search for him. By divine providence, she found the men who murdered her son. They extorted her to sell her apartment and give them the money, and in return they revealed the place where he was buried. She found his baptismal cross, which was still with his body, and gave it to the Church of St. Nicholas in Ordinka, Moscow, where it is kept as a relic.