Icon " Saint Seraphim Of Sarov"

The handmade icon on a tree "St. Seraphim of Sarov" was created according to the author's technology of our workshop.
The icon - natural wood Board and gesso.
The image is applied in a special way while keeping the brightness and saturation of the paint.
Aging technology was widely used in the production of the icon. Imitation of cracks on the levkas, chips, etc..
The icon size is 50*38 cm.
Under the order possibly production of the icon in a different size.
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History of the icon : One nun came to Saint Seraphim and saw that he was sitting near his cell on the stump of a tree, and beside him stands a huge bear. She fainted from fear and cried out in a loud voice: - father! Kill me!- and fell. The elder Seraphim, hearing her voice, hit the bear lightly and waved her hand. Then the bear, as reasonable, immediately went to the direction shown on. Seraphim, the density of the forest. The nun, seeing all this, trembling with terror. The elder Seraphim walked up to her and said: - Don't be dismayed, don't be scared!- She still continued to scream: - Oh, the death of my!- The elder replied: - No, mother, not death, and death far from you. And it's a joy!- And then he led her to the deck where you sat before. After praying, he put a nun on the deck and sat down. They did not have time to sit down, when suddenly the same bear came from the thicket of the forest, came to St.. Seraphim and lay down at his feet. The nun seeing this beast up close myself, was at first in great fear and trembling. Father Seraphim approached him without any fear, as the meek lamb, and even began to feed him from his hand with bread. Then the nun was a little perking up. The face of the great elder was especially wonderful. It was light, like an angel, and joyfully.
Finally, when the nun had completely calmed down, and the old man fed almost all of its bread, he gave her the remaining piece and told him to feed the bear. But she answered: - I'm afraid, sir: I hand bitten off!- The elder Seraphim looked, smiled and said: - No, mother, believe that he will not eat your hand.- Then she took enjoyed the bread and fed it all with such joy that would still feed him because the beast was gentle with her, through the prayers of St..