Saint Theodore, Bishop of Edessa Mesopotamia

Orthodox icon of Saint Theodore, Bishop of Edessa Mesopotamia 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. Theodore received a good education and was distinguished for his philosophical knowledge, as well as for rhetoric. At the age of ten he was left as an orphan and gave half of his parents’ wealth to his sister, and kept the other half himself. Sharing this with the poor, he departed for Jerusalem. There he venerated the holy places and, when he was 19 years old, he became a monk in the Lavra of Saint Savva. Saint Theodore remained there for 24 years, leading an ascetic and virtuous life, and became a renowned ascetic. Hearing of his great virtues, the Patriarch of Jerusalem made him Bishop of Edessa in 836. Theodore also went to see the Persian king in Babylon, asking him to protect the Orthodox Christians of Edessa from the malevolence of the heretics. The King was very sick, but the Saint healed him and spoke to him about Christ. After many days the King was baptized with the name John. Saint Theodore retired to the Lavra of Saint Savva. After calling the clergy and laity of Edessa together and blessing them, he surrendered his holy soul to the Heavenly Father in the year 848. His feast day is on July 19.