Saint Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada

Orthodox icon of Saint Michael the Confessor and Bishop of Synnada 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. Michael was born in Synnada, Phrygia and from his childhood was consecrated to God. He studied at Constantinople and there he met Saint Theophylaktos. Desiring to become monks, Saint Tarasios the Patriarch of Constantinople sent them to a monastery near the Black Sea. There the two monks lived a life dedicated to prayer and asceticism. Patriarch Tarasios consecrated Theophylaktos as Bishop of Nicomedia and Michael as Bishop of Synnada, in the year 784. In the time of the wicked iconoclast Emperor Leo V the Armenian, Bishop Michael defended Orthodoxy, bravely opposing the heretics and denouncing their error. For this he was deposed from his episcopal throne and sent into exile. He reposed in Eudokiada in 818. His feast day is on May 23 and is the patron saint of crops from pests.