Saint Gorgonia

Orthodox icon of Saint Gorgonia 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. 

She was the daughter of St. Gregory the Elder and St. Nonna. She is remembered by the Orthodox faithful for her piety as a married woman. St. Gorgonia married a man of some influence in Pisidia and had several sons and three daughters, the most notable of whom was named Alypania. Later in her life, she converted her husband, and was baptized along with him and her sons and grandsons. Two times in her life, she was miraculously cured of serious maladies. The first of these was her having been trampled by a team of mules, causing her broken bones and crushed internal organs. Another time, she cured herself of a desperate illness by anointing herself with "the sacred elements of the Eucharist" mixed with her own tears, which she had shed with her head on the altar. St. Gorgonia died of natural causes. Her father and mother were alive, though extremely old, at the time of her death. At her funeral, her brother St. Gregory the Theologian preached a eulogy which declared her a model Christian spouse and mother, as well as "The Paragon of Women" and "The Diamond of Her Sex." She is commemorated in February 23.