The Prophet Zachariah, (Ο Προφήτης Ζαχαρίας) hand painted Greek Orthodox Byzanti

Handmade
Materials: Surface: Wood & hardboard

The Prophet Zachariah, (Ο Προφήτης Ζαχαρίας) hand painted Greek Orthodox Byzantine icon, entirely hand made on canvas with crocus, set in a gold leaf gilded background. It is in accord with the style the tradition and the criteria of the Macedonian school of Agio Oros ( Mount Athos ).

The Prophet Zachariah the Sickle-Seer the eleventh of the twelve Minor Prophets. He was descended from the tribe of Levi, and seems to have been a priest (Nehemiah 12:4,16). He was called to prophetic service at a young age and became, in the wondrous expression of church hymnology, “a spectator of supra-worldly visions.” “Enlightened by dawnings all above,” the Prophet Zachariah, “saw the future as it were the present.”
The Book of the Prophet Zachariah contains inspired details about the coming of the Messiah (Zach 6:12); about the last days of the Savior’s earthly life, about the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem on a youn