Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople

Orthodox icon of Saint Niphon or Nephon, Patriarch of Constantinople, 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 is a photo of the Saint from a mural fresco and not the actual icon...if you order you will receive the same style of icon with a little different colors. 

St. Niphon was born in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece to a Greek mother and an Albanian father. He was tonsured a monk at Epidaurus, taking the religious name of Nephon. He then followed a monk named Zacharias and settled in the Monastery of the Theotokos in Ohrid. When Zacharias was elected Archbishop of Ohrid, Nephon went to Mount Athos and there he was ordained a hieromonk. In 1482 he was elected Metropolitan of Thessaloniki and at the end of 1486 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople. After 18 months a scandal arose, which led to Nephon's removal. Nephon was exiled to some island in the Black Sea off Sozopol and was deposed in the first months of 1488. In summer 1497 Nephon was elected for the second time to the patriarchal throne, but his reign lasted until August 1498 when he was overthrown by the young Joachim I. Nephon was sentenced to life imprisonment and exiled to Adrianople. Shortly after the Wallachian ruler Radu IV obtained bail for Nephon, he moved to Wallachia. In 1502 the Holy Synod elected him Patriarch of Constantinople for the third time and sent emissaries to Wallachia to inform him, however Nephon resolutely refused the appointment and did not return to Constantinople. Between 1503 and 1505, Nephon came into conflict with the Prince of Wallachia and went to Macedonia, taking with him two of his students. In Macedonia he went through all the towns performing missionary preaching. Nephon died in the Monastery of Dionysiou on Mount Athos in 1508. His feast day is on August 11.