ARCHANGEL MICHAEL Icon Russian Orthodox Reversible Engraved Silver Medal Pendant

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ARCHANGEL MICHAEL Icon Russian Orthodox Reversible Engraved Silver Medal Pendant:
$105.00

From now on customers from western countries can acquire original pieces of Yuri’s Feodorov’s work directly from official partner Dona Dei.

Dona Dei offers unique jewelry by one of the most talented artist from St.Petersburg Yuri Feodorov, the author of a unique collection of cross pendants, scapulars, foldable icons, reliquaries, Easter eggs and other objects of fine iconic plastic art.

All pieces of jewelry are manufactured at the company Yuri Feodorov\'s Artistic Workshops (St.Petersburg, Russia). Yuri Feodorov is the founder and director of the company, and the company is the sole holder of the copyright and exclusive rights for all jewelry designs created by the artist.

Following the old traditions, he uses engraving and optical tools to manually carve the model in its natural size. Jewelry articles are then manufactured from state-of-the-art materials by modern vacuum-pressure-casting machines from SHULTHEISS (Germany) which allows to reproduce the finest details of the original design. All finishing operations, including partial plating with a wear-resistant 5 microns layer of gold, embossment of the relief in black and artistic processing, are done manually.

All pieces of jewelry undergo quality control by the author, who checks the artistic as well as technical quality of the completed work. Circulation of all jewelry designs is limited. Each design is a result of the meticulous research and pious work efforts by the author, not a copy of any historical heritage object. Every piece of jewelry carries a deep spiritual meaning of the ancient relics conveyed by means of the iconographic and symbolic language of ecclesiastical art which was built over the centuries-long history of the Orthodox Church. Every work has a detailed description providing the historical and theological context to help a better appreciation of the spiritual value of jewelry. Over 35 years of creative work, Feodorov has only created about 200 works of fine iconic plastic art.

The high demand for the artwork of Yuri Feodorov coupled with the limited circulation of designs has led to the appearance on the market of a great number of pirated copies and look-alikes. By acquiring art work from official partner Dona Dei you can be assured that you have bought the items that were created by Master Yuri Feodorov in his Artistic Workshops.

A small round icon with a movable hoop at the top pictures a relief image of the Archangel Michael. The iconography is based on the Old Russian iconic image that was often used in fine plastic art of the 15th -16th centuries. He is depicted as the Archistrategist or Supreme Commander of the God’s army, in armour and with his bare sword raised.

Michael is the eldest and the most revered of the seven Archangels. His name means, “Who is like God?”. In prayers he is referred to as “protector and guardian of mankind”. In the Old Testament he is identified as protector of the Jewish nation, and in the New Testament he became a guardian angel of all Christians and an intermediary between God and his people.

Aspects of his ministry are broad and varied. He is revered as a healer and patron of sacred sources, guardian of the heavenly throne, guide of souls in the afterlife, patron of farmers and artisans. Yet Michael is best known for being and archstrategist. Archangel Michael is invoked in prayers for help in the war, for advocacy in the afterlife and on the Day of Judgement. He is a patron of the sick, merchants, soldiers and sailors.

The reverse side of the icon bears the words of the prayer for Archangel Michael in Church Slavonic: q всес™hй вели1кій міхаи1ле ґрхістрати1же! Не прeзри менE грёшнаго, молsщагосz тебЁ њ п0мощи и3 заступлeніи твоeмъ въ вёцэ сeмъ и3 въ бyдущемъ,..