This byzantine icon is a lithography with double varnish layer to ensure vivid colors and waterproof properties depicting Saint Paraskevi of Rome is an god inspired artwork technique that was gives this icon unique religious and aesthetic value.

Saint Paraskevi of Rome (also Parasceva; Virgin-Martyr) is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. She was arrested and tortured under the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius for her refusal to worship idols. Though he eventually released her after she performed a miracle which cured him of his blindness, she was arrested on multiple later occasions for her Christianity and was eventually beheaded by the Roman governor Tarasius.

Vintage from 2000s.

Size: 8 x 6 x 1cm (3"x2,4:x0,4"Handcrafted)