| Size: |
15x18 cm |
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Type : |
Orthodox |
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6"x7" inch |
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Image: |
Glare, varnished, lithography |
| Material: |
Cardboard |
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It is a colorful biblical icon with golden glare on a
cardboard base, in brand new mint condition. The picture doesn't reflect all
of the beauty and gold glimmer. Modern metallography and lithography
technologies were used to reproduce medieval and contemporary icons,
making the details excellent of this particular icon. Artificial gold
and silver foil was used during the printing process. You have to see
the original.
Pentecost is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ. The feast is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whit Sunday, or Whitsuntide, especially in the United Kingdom. Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks (50 days) after Easter Sunday, hence its name. Pentecost falls on the tenth day after Ascension Thursday.
Pentecost is historically and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot, which commemorates God giving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai fifty days after the Exodus. Among Christians, Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the New Testament Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2 during these Jewish "fiftieth day" celebrations in Jerusalem. For this reason, Pentecost is sometimes described as the "Birthday of the Church".