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Olga, Princess of Kiev | High quality serigraph icon on wood | Size: 5.1" x 6.5"
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- Quality serigraphy icon on wood
- Blessed in Russian church
- Material: Flat Wooden Plank with wooden stiffeners
- Can be used at Home, Church, Chapel, Classroom Decoration.
- Blessed in Russian church
- Dimensions (LxH): 13 x 16.5 cm or 5.1 x 6.5 inch
- Thickness of Wood 1.5 cm or 0.6 inch
- Have a hole at the backside and can be mounted on wall
- Certificate of quality
- Made in Russia
The All-Praised Olga, Equal to the Apostles, Princess of Kiev icon
Saint Olga, renowned for her wisdom and sobriety, in her youth became the wife of Igor, Great Prince of Kiev, who ruled during the tenth century. After her husband's death, she herself ruled capably, and was finally moved to accept the Faith of Christ. She traveled to Constantinople to receive Holy Baptism.
The Emperor, seeing her outward beauty and inward greatness, asked her to marry him. She said she could not do this before she was baptized; she furthermore asked him to be her Godfather at the font, which he agreed to do. After she was baptized (receiving the name of Helen), the Emperor repeated his proposal of marriage. She answered that now he was her father, through holy Baptism, and that not even among the heathen was it heard of a man marrying his daughter.
Gracefully accepting to be outwitted by her, he sent her back to her land with priests and sacred texts and holy icons. Although her son Svyatoslav remained a pagan, she planted the seed of faith in her grandson Vladimir (see July 15). She reposed in peace in 969.
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