Saint Theodoros the Studite

Orthodox icon of Saint Theodoros the Studite 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. Theodoros was born in Constantinople in 759 AD. from pious parents and received a rich education. At a very young age he renounced the worldly and became monk in a monastery in Bursa in Asia Minor. He was later ordained presbyter by Patriarch Tarasios and abbot of his monastery. Due to a dispute he had with the emperor Constantine VI, he was exiled to Thessaloniki and in the year 798 AD. returned to Vassilevousa where he became abbot of the Stoudios Monastery. In 808 AD came into conflict with Patriarch Nikiforos and was exiled to Halki, as a result of which he stopped the great spiritual work offered by the famous Monastery of Stoudios. In 811 AD he returned from exile, but when Leo the Armenian, a great persecutor of icons, ascended the imperial throne, Theodore was exiled for the third time to Smyrna where he was imprisoned and tortured mercilessly. The Saint surrendered his soul to the Lord at the age of 67 during the reign of Emperor Michael II of Travlos. Saint Theodore the Studite was one of the great confessors of Orthodoxy who acted in the difficult and turbulent period of the iconoclasm. He was distinguished for his great spiritual work and vigorously defended the icons and the institution of marriage, as a result of which he experienced persecution and exile. Fragment of the Holy Relic of the Saint is located in the Monastery of the Great Lavra of Mount Athos. His memory is commemorated on November 11 of each year.