Four Icons of the Mother of God with Crucifixion of Christ | Gold and silver foil | 15 7/8"x13 1/8" (40cm x 33 x 0.8 cm)

Four Icons of the Mother of God with Crucifixion of Christ.  Russian Orthodox Icon.  Theotokos Icons shown (upper left corner, then clockwise): 1) Smolenskaya, 2) Seven Arrows, 3) Soothe my sorrow, 4) In Search of the Perishing.

 Four Icons of the Mother of God with Crucifixion of Christ.  Russian Orthodox Icon.  Theotokos Icons shown (upper left corner, then clockwise): Smolenskaya, Seven Arrows, Soothe my Sorrows, and In Search of the Perishing. To the left and right of the cross are small figures of the Theotokos and Saint John the Theologian. A small Christ Made Without Hands icon is above the cross.

Icons manufactured by a Russian nun using their proprietary process of applying successive layers of color and metallic-like patterns resulting in a brilliant, detailed, and nearly three dimensional appearance.

Icon inscriptions in Church Slavonic.

Blessed by the clergy at  Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.