CHRIST PANTOCTATORMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! "Pantokrator" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew title El Shaddai, meaning "all powerful” or "Ruler of all". This icon is also called Christ the Teacher as Jesus is holding a book. The hand gesture is exaggerated because Jesus is making the symbol of four letters with the right hand: I, C, and X. These letters spell out Christ's monogram. Specifically, "Jesus Christ" spelled in Greek which is: IHCOYC XPICTOC. The monogram is formed by taking the first and last letters of each name, which is also a symbol of Jesus being Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last.
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MOTHER OF PERPETUAL SUCCOURMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! This icon depicts our Blessed Mother Mary, under the title “Mother of God,” holding the Child Jesus. The Archangels Michael and Gabriel, hovering in the upper corners, hold the instruments of the Passion. This portrays the Child Jesus contemplating the vision of His future Passion. The anguish He feels is shown by the loss of one of His sandals. In a very beautiful way, the Child Jesus grasps the hand of the Blessed Mother. He seeks comfort from His mother, as He sees the instruments of His passion. The position of Mary’s hands– both holding the Child Jesus (who seems like a small adult) and presenting Him to us– convey the reality of our Lord’s incarnation, that He is true God who became also true man. In iconography, Mary here is represented as the Hodighitria, the one who guides us to the Redeemer. She also is our Help, who intercedes on our behalf with her Son. The star painted on Mary’s veil, centered on her forehead, highlights her role in the plan of salvation as both the Mother of God and our Mother.
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THE HOLY FAMILYMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! This icon is called “The Holy Family” and shows the Holy Family of Nazareth. Mary and Joseph surround the young Christ Child in love. The Virgin holds the Child, and the Child playfully extends his hands to his mother. This icon shows us a meaningful picture of the tender and devoted relationship between Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, as well as their love and sacrifice for others. In this icon, the Christ Child is at the centre, with Mary and Joseph at his side. Jesus outstretches his arms to his mother with love and tenderness, and Joseph offers a guiding hand of fatherly support. “The Holy Family” icon is an example and reminder of the importance of family in both human and divine existence.
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THE SACRED HEART OF JESUSMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! The Sacred Heart brings to mind the Passion of Christ on the cross: the crown of thorns, the cross, atop the heart, and the wound from the spear that pierced His side. The flames, firstly remind us that Christ’s self-offering on the cross was the one-time perfect consummation of all the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Secondly, fire is always associated with the essence of divinity in the Old Testament. Finally, the image of fire associated with heart represents Christ’s passionate love for us.
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THE DIVINE MERCYMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! The Message of the Divine Mercy that Sr Faustina received from the Lord was not only directed toward her personal growth in faith but also toward the good of the people. The good news revealed through Jesus Christ is that God’s love for each person knows no bounds, and no sin or infidelity, no matter how horrible, will separate us from God and His love when we turn to Him in confidence, and seek his mercy. God’s will is our salvation. In the Catholic tradition of theology, mercy means more than just the cancellation of punishment. Divine Mercy is God's love reaching down to meet the needs and overcome the miseries of His creatures.
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CHRIST PANTOCTATOR (SINAI)MYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! "Pantokrator" is the Greek translation of the Hebrew title El Shaddai, meaning "all powerful” or "Ruler of all". This icon is also called Christ the Teacher as Jesus is holding a book. The hand gesture is exaggerated because Jesus is making the symbol of four letters with the right hand: I, C, and X. These letters spell out Christ's monogram. Specifically, "Jesus Christ" spelled in Greek which is: IHCOYC XPICTOC. The monogram is formed by taking the first and last letters of each name, which is also a symbol of Jesus being Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last.
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VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD
MYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the Virgin and Child and is one of the most culturally significant and celebrated pieces of art in Russian history. The icon depicts Jesus Christ as a child being held in the arms of his mother, Mary. They embrace cheek to cheek, with the child gazing towards and reaching for Mary. She holds him with one arm and solemnly looks out towards the viewer. The inscription ΜΡ ΘΥ, an abbreviation for 'Mother of God' can be made out on the top of the icon. Theologian Henri Nouwen, remarked that the Virgin's eyes glance at neither the child or the viewer but appear to "look inward and outward at once"; that her free hand gestures towards the baby to "open a space for us to approach Jesus without fear"; and, that the child is shown as "a wise man dressed in adult clothes.
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THE TRINITYMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! This icon depicts the story where Abraham receives three visitors as he camps by the oak of Mamre. Reading the picture from left to right, we see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We know this from the different clothing of each person of the Trinity. On the left, the Father seems to wear all the colours in a kind of fabric that changes with the light, that seems transparent, that cannot be described or confined in words. In the middle, the Son has the deepest colours; a thick heavy garment of the reddish-brown of earth and a cloak of the blue of heaven. In His person He unites heaven and earth, the two natures are present in Him, and over his right shoulder (the Government shall be upon his shoulder) there is a band of gold shot through the earthly garment, as his divinity suffuses and transfigures his earthly being. On the right, the Holy Spirit has a garment of the clear blue of the sky, wrapped over with a robe of a fragile green. So the Spirit of creation moves in sky and water, breathes in heaven and earth. All living things owe their freshness to his touch. The table represents the altar where the sacrifice of Christ takes place.
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MARY, PROTECTRESS AND HEALTH OF THE ROMAN PEOPLEMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT This type of Marian image in iconography is "Hodegetria," a word meaning "Guide of the Way." As one notes on the icon, Jesus rests on the left arm of Our Lady, his right arm slightly raised in blessing. In his left hand he holds a book; he appears to be looking up at his mother; Mary's gaze looks out to the people. Most Hodegetria images depict Mary's right hand pointing to Christ. In the Salus Populi Romani, Mary's right hand crosses over her left in a gentle embrace of the child. Mary is depicted as the woman who looks to the people, drawing them with her gaze to center on her divine son. Her son, Jesus, rests lightly, almost weightlessly on her arm. He blesses the people she looks at, he looks at her, his mother, as one of them, but particularly as the one who shared most intimately in his Incarnation. The name of this icon means "Health [or Salvation] of the Roman People”. Legend has it that the icon was created by St. Luke the Evangelist and brought by St. Helena in the 4th century to Rome, where it was credited with a miraculous delivery of the city from the plague in the 6th century.
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SAINT JOSEPH
MYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT The icon of Saint Joseph highlights the coming together of heaven and earth, the divine and the human. The Greek letters on the right hand side, “IC XC” are the Greek monogram for Christ, Iesous Christos. The Christ-child’s halo includes the cross with the Greek letters meaning “Who Am”. Saint Joseph has a halo to remind us that his life has been illumined by Christ. The halos and the words are written in red, traditionally this signifies the blood of humanity and of Christ. Joseph does not embrace the child but Joseph cradles the child in his arms, enfolding and protecting him – as he can do for us. Saint Joseph is holding a lily which according to legend, Saint Joseph was miraculously singled out for Mary from a group of potential suitors because the staff he was holding flowered into a lily.
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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
MYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT Our Lady of Guadalupe, Spanish Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin Mary in her appearance before St. Juan Diego in a vision in 1531. She identified herself as the ever Virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True God for whom we live, of the Creator of all things, Lord of heaven and the earth. She made a request for a church to be built on the site, and submitted her wish to the local Bishop. When the Bishop hesitated, and requested her for a sign, the Mother of God obeyed without delay or question to the Church's local Bishop, and sent her native messenger to the top of the hill in mid-December to gather an assortment of roses for the Bishop. After complying to the Bishop's request for a sign, She also left for us an image of herself imprinted miraculously on the native's tilma, a poor quality cactus-cloth, which should have deteriorated in 20 years but shows no sign of decay 476 years later and still defies all scientific explanations of its origin. Our Lady of Guadalupe holds a special place in the religious life of Mexico and is one of the most popular religious devotions.
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SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGELMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE! St. Michael the Archangel, whose name means, “one who is like God,” led the army of angels who cast Satan and the rebellious angels into Hell; at the end of time, he will wield the sword of justice to separate the righteous from the evil. Saint Michael the Archangel isn't a saint, but rather he is an angel, and the leader of all angels and of the army of God. This is what the title "Archangel" means, that he is above all the others in rank. St. Michael has four main responsibilities or offices, as we know from scripture and Christian tradition. The first is to combat Satan. The second is to escort the faithful to heaven at their hour of death. The third is to be a champion of all Christians, and the Church itself. And the fourth is to call men from life on Earth to their heavenly judgment.
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SAN DAMIANO CRUCIFIXMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT “Go repair my Church, which as you see is falling completely in ruin” – when the image of Christ in the crucifix at San Damiano miraculously spoke these words to St. Francis, he was awakened to new zeal. He first concentrated on repairing the church buildings of San Damiano and nearby churches. But his great “repair” to the Church was the founding of the Franciscan Order, which began with the followers that Christ began to send to him shortly after the vision. The most striking element of the San Damiano Crucifix is the figure of Christ. It is not the body of a corpse, but of God Himself, incorruptible unto eternity and the source of life, radiating the hope of the Resurrection. The Savior looks directly at us with a compassionate gaze, regal, triumphant, and strong. He does not hang on the Cross, but rather seems to be supporting it, standing in His full stature. His hands are not cramped from being nailed to the wood, but rather spread out serenely in an attitude of both supplication and blessing, which our iconographer has further emphasized by Jesus’ tranquil and gentle expression. This iconographic Crucifix does not express the brute horror of death by crucifixion, but rather the nobility and gentleness of eternal life.
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SAINT CLARE OF ASSISIMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT Having refused to marry at 15, Clare was moved by the dynamic preaching of Francis. He became her lifelong friend and spiritual guide. At 18, Clare escaped from her father’s home one night, was met on the road by friars carrying torches, and in the poor little chapel called the Portiuncula received a rough woollen habit, exchanged her jewelled belt for a common rope with knots in it, and sacrificed her long tresses to Francis’ scissors. He placed her in a Benedictine convent, which her father and uncles immediately stormed in rage. Clare clung to the altar of the church, threw aside her veil to show her cropped hair, and remained adamant. Sixteen days later her sister Agnes joined her. Others came. They lived a simple life of great poverty, austerity, and complete seclusion from the world, according to a Rule which Francis gave them as a Second Order. At age 21, Francis obliged Clare under obedience to accept the office of abbess, one she exercised until her death. The 41 years of Clare’s religious life are scenarios of sanctity: an indomitable resolve to lead the simple, literal gospel life as Francis taught her; courageous resistance to the ever-present pressure to dilute the ideal; a passion for poverty and humility; an ardent life of prayer; and a generous concern for her sisters.
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SAINT PIOMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT Padre Pio was born on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, southern Italy. He was tutored privately until his entry to the novitiate of the Capuchin Friars at the age of 15. Of feeble health but strong will, with the help of grace, he completed the required studies and was ordained a priest in 1910. On September 20, 1918 the five wounds of our Lord’s passion appeared on his body, making him the first stigmatized priest in the history of the Catholic Church. Countless persons were attracted to his confessional and many more received his saintly counsel and spiritual guidance through correspondence. His whole life was marked by long hours of prayer and continual austerity. His letters to his spiritual directors reveal the ineffable suffering, physical and spiritual, which accompanied him all through his life. They also reveal his deep union with God, his burning love for the Blessed Eucharist and Our Blessed Lady.
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SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELISTMYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch SOLD OUT Saint John is shown as an elderly man who is also known as John “the Theologian”. This is the John who, sixty years or so after the Resurrection of Christ, is exiled upon Patmos and writing both the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. He is shown with long white beard and high forehead, holding the Gospel book which led to his title “the Theologian”, the Gospel book is open to reveal some verses from the book. There is a tiny eagle shown on this icon which is the symbol of both John and his Gospel whose writing most clearly witnesses the light and divinity of Christ.
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THE LAST SUPPER
MYR380 // SGD130
65cm x 46cm // 25.6 inch x 18.1 inch
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The Catholic Church traces the origins of the Eucharist to the very actions and words of Jesus Christ Himself as recorded in the three synoptic Gospels, the gospel of Saint John and as described by Saint Paul in the New Testament where Jesus used the occasion of the Passover feast to transform bread and wine into His body and blood. This is the ultimate meaning of the Last Supper to Christians: That Jesus said we are worth the price of His life. In Jewish tradition, Jesus’ direction to the apostles to ‘do this in memory of me’ creates the tradition for a ritual that must be performed again and again in His memory. When we celebrate the Eucharist at Mass, we make present again what Jesus did in the upper room with his Apostles.