Our Lady of Vladimir Old Russian Style Icon Egg (hand-painted)

Icon eggs make great presents because each one carries an amazing mix of history, cultural symbolism, and collective memory of the proud and mysterious people. Our Lady of Vladimir Icon is a medieval Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child that has been in Russia since soon after it was painted. It is one of the most venerated Orthodox icons. Our Lady of Vladimir Icon is sometimes described as expressing universal feelings of motherly love and anxiety for her child. Like some other icons it was believed to have been painted by St Luke from its living subjects. The venerated image was used in celebration of coronations of tsars, elections of patriarchs, and other important ceremonies of state. These are the reasons, for which we, at Saint-Petersburg Global Trade House, work tirelessly to ensure that only the highest-quality and most meaningful icon eggs find their way onto the pages of our catalog and websites.