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SAINT DIMITRIOS

Code: S614
Available Dimensions
  • 13x10 cm || 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 "
  • 19x15 cm || 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 "
  • 29x23 cm || 11 3/8 x 9 "
Description Born in Thessaloniki (280 AD - 305 AD), he is one of the greatest martyrs of Christianity. A son of a rich and aristocratic family, he reached high ranks in the Roman army and became a chiliarch at the age of 22. He converted to Christianity when Galerius Maximilian was a Tetrarch and afterwards an Emperor, and was imprisoned because he did not renounce his faith. In jail, he blessed the disciple of Nestor to beat the idolater wrestler Lyaios. This victory infuriated Maximilian, who beheaded Nestor and ordered the murder of Dimitrios, who was subsequently stabbed in the chest. In Byzantine icons Saint Dimitrios is illustrated several times as a rider on a red horse (Saint George is illustrated on a white horse) running over the misbeliever Lyaios.

Silkscreen icon, crafted on canvas with gold background.