Orthodox Icon of St. Gerasimos of Kefalonia

Saint Gerasimos of Kefalonia lived in the sixteenth century. He was born in the Peloponnese, became a monk and lived as an ascetic on Mount Athos, served for many years in Jerusalem, and spent the last decades of his life on the island of Kefalonia. There he restored a monastery he named New Jerusalem and gathered a sisterhood around him. His relics remain incorrupt and are kept in that monastery, and the people of Kefalonia still regard him as the protector of the island.

He should not be confused with Saint Gerasimos of the Jordan, the fifth-century desert father who was served by a lion. Here Gerasimos of Kefalonia is shown as an old man with a long white beard, in a dark monastic hood marked with a small red cross and in the great schema bearing the words IC XC NIKA. He holds an open scroll with the words he taught his sisterhood: "Little children, live in peace among yourselves and do not think highly of yourselves". Beside the halo stands the Greek inscription Ο ΑΓΙΟΣ ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣ Ο ΕΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΛΗΝΙΑ, on a gold ground framed by a dark red border.

Details:

• Material: quality MDF base
• Technique: lithograph print on an MDF base
• Detail: gold ground, dark red border and the Greek inscription Ο ΑΓΙΟΣ ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣ Ο ΕΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΛΗΝΙΑ
• Protective eco-friendly varnish
• Hand-finished
• Certificate of authenticity on the back, with a cord for hanging

Ideal for:

• A home icon corner or a place of prayer
• Prayer for peace in the family and among brothers
• A gift for a nun, a priest or a devout family
• A gift for anyone who has been on pilgrimage to Kefalonia

Because it is finished by hand, no piece is a machine copy of another.

• Backing materialMDF
• TechniqueLithograph print on MDF with a protective varnish
• With the iconcertificate of authenticity, hanging cord