The mother of God is Worthy to eat.The merciful.Hand-minted icon

The icon of the mother of God is written on a Linden Board with an ark (recess) .The edges of the icon are gilded and polished to a glossy Shine.Then an ornament was applied to the gold by hand.The technology completely repeats the ancient technique of coinage and writing (written in tempera paints prepared by hand on the yolk of an egg ).
It is made in a picturesque (academic) style of writing.
The history of the icon is as follows :
At the end of the tenth century, not far from the Athos monastery Koreyskogo in the cell there lived an old hermit with his novice. One day the old man went to the all-night vigil in the temple, and the novice is left in the cell to read the prayer rule. At nightfall, he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He opened it, the young man saw a stranger monk, who asked permission to enter. The novice let him in, and together they started the prayer chants.

So flew their night service of the order, until it is time to magnify the Holy mother of God. Standing before Her icon, the novice WORTHILY ATE the "Merciful one" and began to sing the common prayer: « The Cherubim, and glorious without compare than the Seraphim...", but the guest stopped him and said," We have not magnified the mother of God" – and sang a different beginning: " It is, like a truly meet to bless Thee, the Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure and mother of our God".. And then to this was added "more honourable than the Cherubim..."
The monk told the novice to always sing in this place of worship just heard a song in honor of the virgin. Not hoping that he will remember such a wonderful words of an answered prayer, the novice asked the guest to write their. But in the cell there was neither paper nor ink, and then the stranger wrote a word of prayer with your finger on the stone, which suddenly became soft like wax. Then he suddenly disappeared, and the monk only had time to ask the stranger his name, to which he replied: " Gabriel". Athos monks sent to Constantinople stone slab with inscribed on it the song of the virgin as proof that they transmitted news. Since then, the prayer "it is truly meet" has become an integral part of Orthodox worship. And the icon of the Mother of God "Merciful" together with the former name also known as "it is".
Before the icon mother of God "Merciful" or "it is" when you pray spiritual and physical illnesses, at the end of all things, during epidemics, the marriage, in case of accidents. This icon can be used to bless young people for marriage, give them a gift for a wedding, an important date.
Using the same technology, it is possible to write other icons,which is stipulated in the personal message.