Saint Demetrius the Monk from Samarina, Pindou

Orthodox icon of Saint Demetrius the Monk from Samarina, Pindou 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. Demetrius was born in Samarina in the end of the 18th century. He became a monk in a monastery of his homeland, upon with pray and fast he purified his body and soul. After the suppression, by Ali Pasha in 1808, of the revolution instigated by the priest Efthimios Vlachavas, Demetrius left his monastery and went around the villages preaching the word of God. After slander, Ali Pasha arrested him and imprisoned him. Then he ordered his brutal torture. So the executioners pierced his arms with reed spikes and then stuck them in his fingernails and toenails. Then they clamped his head in a vise and then after hanging him upside down they burned him with fire from below. Then Ali Pasha built Demetrius inside a wall, leaving only his head outside to prolong the torture. The Saint thus endured 10 days and died in 1808. His feast day is on August 17.