Saint Matrona of Chios

Orthodox icon of Saint Matrona of Chios 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: The background of the icon will be in gold colour and not as it seems in the photo.

St. Matrona was born in the village of Volissos on Chios sometime in the 14th century. From her youth, she showed an interest in monasticism. When the time came for her parents to arrange her marriage, she refused because she wanted to remain a virgin. To avoid this marriage, she left Volissos and went to an area overlooking the village, called Katavasis, where there was a women's monastery. Her parents searched everywhere to find her. After locating her, they convinced her to return home. Mary complied with her parents' wishes, except for one—she refused to wed. Her parents, seeing that she still desired to lead a monastic life, gave her their consent to pursue her ambition. When Mary's parents died, she gave much of her inheritance to the poor and spent the rest building a monastery in the Palaiókastro quarter of the town of Chios. St. Matrona dreamt of her own death. She suffered from an illness for seven days. In the seven days she advised the other nuns as a mother would advise her children. She died sometime before 1455. Her feast day is on October 20.