Saint Nikolaos Kourtaliotis Sarakinas

Orthodox icon of Saint Nikolaos Kourtaliotis Sarakinas 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. Nikolaos as a child showed the first signs of his holiness, when he gave the food stocks of his father's house to the poor and yet, despite his father's worries, the jars were always full. That is why he received a blessing from his father to follow the ascetic life. He left for the mountains, forests and gorges of Crete as a child or teenager and, living ascetically, reached a great height of sanctity. He lived part of his life in the plain of Messara, in Heraklion. Before his death he returned in the province of Saint Basil, his birthplace. He brought with him a Messarite, who had fatally wounded him, by mistake, while hunting with his bow, and, according to the wish of the saint, had carried him there. The Messarite was thirsty and the Saint, stretching out his hand, sprung from the rocks 5 springs with water, which follow and the order and proportion of the fingers of his hand. His feast day is on September 1.