The Unfading Flower Mother of God | Lithography print on wood, Silver and Gold foiled | Size: 8 3/4"x7 1/4"

"Unfading Flower" is an icon of the Mother of God, revered in Orthodox churches. The literary basis of the image is the texts of the Byzantine Akathists, in which the Virgin Mary is compared with unfading and fragrant flower.

The Russian icon of the Mother of God “The Unfading Flower” is known since the end of the 17^th century. One of the most important early examples of this Orthodox icon was kept in the Moscow’s Alekseevsky Female Monastery in the 18^th century, where it was venerated as miracle-working. Unfortunately, this antique Russian icon of the Mother of God has not survived until our days, though its copies can be found worldwide.