Description
Characteristics
Design: Holy Mandilion
Diameter: 1.8 cm
Finish: Gold-tone and silver-tone
Packaging: Gift box
Holy Mandilion
The Holy Mandilion (from Greek μανδύλιον "cloth, towel"), or the Image of Edessa, is one of the images not made by hands, through which Jesus Christ performed one of his many miracles:
In Edessa, in Mesopotamia, there once lived a king named Abgar, who suffered from an incurable disease, leprosy. His painter Ananias, who was traveling through Judea, heard about Christ and reported it to his master. The king gave the painter a letter to Jesus, asking Him to visit and heal him. Christ has declined king's invitation, but He did not refuse to help him. According to tradition, the Mandilion was a square or rectangle of cloth upon which Jesus Christ allowed His image to be imprinted and which He then sent to Abgar, after which Abgar was healed. The Mandilion has since been kept in Edessa as a great shrine.
Handmade on Mount Athos and sold by Metamorfosi (Athos Gifts). Ships from Greece within 5 business days, with US duties and taxes prepaid.
Additional Details
- SKU:
- MA-GFT-0021
- Origin:
- Mount Athos, Greece
With the Cherubic Hymn, Plagal 1st — St. Nicholas National Shrine