Saint Roman the Prince of Ryazan

Orthodox icon of Saint Roman, Prince of Ryazan 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. Roman Olegovich of Ryazan was from a line of princes and was raised to love the Christian faith and his homeland. He defended his subjects from the coercion and plundering of the Khan's baskaki (tax collectors). The baskaki hated Roman and they slandered him before the Tatar Khan Mengu-Timur. Roman Olegovich was summoned to the Horde, where Khan Mengu-Timur declared that he had to choose one of two things: either a martyr’s death or the Tatar faith. The noble prince said that a Christian cannot change from the true Faith to a false one. For his firmness in the confession of faith he was subjected to cruel torments: they cut out his tongue, gouged out his eyes, cut off his ears and lips, chopped off his hands and feet, tore off the skin from his head and, after beheading him, they impaled him upon a spear. This occurred in the year 1270. His feast day is on July 19.