Synaxis of the Archangels
Wedding of Cana
Byzantine Cross
Family Icon for a Wedding
Panagia Axion Estin
Protecting Veil of Panagia Over Pittsburgh
Panagia Nisiotissa
Panagia Awesome Protection
Panagia Antichiotissa
Saint Nektarios
Byzantine Cross with Crystals
Christ The Pearl of Great Price
Embroidered Icons
Our beautifully embroidered icons are designed and created at the Monastery using metal threads in shades of silver and gold. Depending upon your personal taste, embroideries are embellished with crystals and pearls, intricate borders and corner designs. An icon can represent the saints of a family as well as major feast days and biblical events.
History of Iconographic Embroidery
Iconographic embroidery in the Byzantine Era developed into a form of high art along with church architecture. Embroidered icons had many uses. Besides the epitaphios carried in Holy Week processionals, fabric rendered iconography had a portability that made it ideal for holding services near battlefields and for evangelistic missions. Entire iconostasis were created out of textiles that could be rolled up for ready transport. It was during the Palaiologan Renaissance [1260 – 1453], that the highest examples of Byzantine embroidery arts were created. It is worth noting that, after 1453, and the break up of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople remained an important centre for embroidery.