Saint Eugenia Greek Orthodox Icon
High quality byzantine Orthodox handmade icons. Made in Greece and constructed in the traditional Orthodox manner.
Iconographer: V. Kantarelis
This Martyr was the daughter of most distinguished
and noble parents named Philip and Claudia. Philip, a Prefect of Rome, moved to
Alexandria with his family. In Alexandria, Eugenia had the occasion to learn
the Christian Faith, in particular when she encountered the Epistles of Saint
Paul, the reading of which filled her with compunction and showed her clearly
the vanity of the world. Secretly taking two of her servants, Protas and
Hyacinth, she departed from Alexandria by night. Disguised as a man, she called
herself Eugene while pretending to be a eunuch, and departed with her servants
and took up the monastic life in a monastery of men. Her parents mourned for
her, but could not find her. After Saint Eugenia had labored for some time in
the monastic life, a certain woman named Melanthia, thinking Eugenia to be a
monk, conceived lust and constrained Eugenia to comply with her desire; when
Eugenia refused, Melanthia slandered Eugenia to the Prefect as having done
insult to her honor. Eugenia was brought before the Prefect, her own father
Philip, and revealed to him both that she was innocent of the accusations, and
that she was his own daughter. Through this, Philip became a Christian; he was
afterwards beheaded at Alexandria. Eugenia was taken back to Rome with Protas
and Hyacinth. All three of them ended their life in martyrdom in the years of
Commodus, who reigned from 180 to 192.
The icon reproductions are created by iconographer
monks of various Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece and all images are
approved replications by the Greek Orthodox Church. As icons are
considered to be the Gospel in image, these images are accurate and true
Orthodox renderings, not second-hand interpretations. The icon images are
mounted on solid wood and protected from tarnish with a varnish finish that
seals in colors and creates a shiny luster.
Icons ship direct to you from Greece. Please allow 10-20 days for delivery.