Orthodox icon of Saint Demos the Fisherman and New Martyr 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. Demos was born in Adrianople and he was a fisherman. Demos worked for an entire year at one of the breeding pools near Smyrna and was the reason he remained in debt to his Ottoman employer. The following year another Turk bought the establishment and the former proprietor wished Demos to remit the loan and to have him continue working at the fish pond. Demos would not consent to keep his situation there. His previous employer, thinking he had no other recourse, maliciously slandered Demos and claimed that he had taken an oath and sworn that he would become a Muslim if he no longer had to work in the fishery. The Turkish judge said to Demos to deny Christ and Demos answered that the Muslims were lying, that he never took such an oath and that he never would become a Muslim. The executioners tortured him severe and he receive a savage repeating of blows with a stick to the soles of his feet. Demos was sentenced to be beheaded in the year 1763. His feast day is on April 10.
