Saint Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov

Orthodox icon of Saint Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov 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: This icon is not painted by me...If you order this Saint you will receive the same style off icon with gold background and slightly different colors. 

 St. Pitirim was born in Vyazma on 27 February 1645. While still a child, he learned reading and writing, attended church services, and acquired the habit of prayer. Pitirim was endowed with artistic talent, and he successfully occupied himself with the painting of icons and church singing. Having resolved to dedicate himself completely to God, he entered into the Vyazma’s monastery of Saint John the Baptist, known for its strict rule. When he was twenty-one, he was tonsured with the name of Pitirim. The young monk earned the respect of his brethren by his ascetic life, and was chosen igumen. In 1684 he was raised to the dignity of archimandrite. On September 1, 1684 Saint Pitirim was nominated to be a bishop, and on February 15, 1685 Patriarch Joachim consecrated him Bishop of Tambov. On the site of the old wooden church at Tambov he began to build a two-story stone cathedral in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord with a chapel named for Saint Nicholas. The saint’s sister, Katherine, became the first abbess of the Ascension women’s monastery, which he founded in 1690. In the forest, near the place where he went for solitary prayer, he built the Tregulaev monastery of Saint John the Baptist. Saint Pitirim died in 1698 at age fifty-three. His feast day is on July 28.