Saints Joachim and Anna

Icon of the Holy righteous Joachim and Anna .The icon is executed in gold and decorated with a frame of solid ash ,decorated with wrought silver and black.
The iconography of these saints is unusual,they are depicted in each other's arms.
Joachim and Anna are the parents of the Holy mother of God.For a long time they had no children.
Once on a great feast, Joachim offered gifts to the Lord God in the temple in Jerusalem; together with Joachim, all the Israelites offered their gifts as a sacrifice to God. The former high priest Issachar did not want to accept Joachim's gifts, because he was childless.
"It is not necessary,"he said," to accept gifts from you, because you have no children, and therefore the blessing of God: perhaps you have some secret sins."Already desperate, Joachim went to the desert to pray Remembering Abraham, his forefather, to whom God had already given a son at an old age, Joachim began to fervently pray to the Lord that he would be granted the same favor, would hear his prayer, would have mercy on him and take away the reproach from people, giving in old age the fruit of his marriage, as once Abraham.In the same way, when his wife was at home and heard that the high priest would not accept their gifts, reproaching them for their infertility, and that her husband had retired to the wilderness out of great sorrow, she wept inconsolable tears.An angel of the Lord appeared to Anna and told her that her prayer had been answered and that she would have a daughter who would be glorified by all Nations.
When the maiden Mary was three years old, her parents led her with glory into the temple of the Lord, accompanying her with lighted lamps, and dedicated Her to the service of God, as they had promised. A few years after the introduction of Mary into the temple, Saint Joachim died, eighty years old from birth. Saint Anna, left a widow, left Nazareth and came to Jerusalem, where she remained near her most Holy Daughter, praying incessantly in the temple of God. Having lived in Jerusalem for two years, she rested in the Lord, having 79 years from birth
These are the great saints to whom it is customary to pray for children ,childbearing, and family.A perfect gift for any family !
The icon can be made in different sizes ,the shape of the Board is also discussed. The finished icon can be placed in the kiosk.