Virgin Mary Icon Hard Eyeglass Case - Russian Orthodox Lacquered Box for Extreme Humility - Perfect for Eyeglass Protection, Religious Gift & Home Decor

Russia is long renown for its famed miniature lacquer boxes decorated with icons, religious subjects and famous fairytales. Our artisans in Russia here combine a hand painted decorative in the Old Russian shaded enamel style boarder with Crosses framing a decoupage icon of the Virgin of Extreme Humility. The box has been specially construed of a sturdy resin with the look of a finely made lacquer box and lined to safely hold your eyeglasses. Perfect for eyeglasses or any other use you can think of. The icon is known as the VIRGIN OF EXTREME HUMILITY as well as OUR LADY OF EXTREME HUMILITY - OUR LADY OF TENDERNESS - OUR LADY OF SORROWS - LA DOLOROSA - MOTHER OF SORROWS - UMILENIE - JOY OF ALL JOYS! There are many different names for and variations of this icon in Eastern and Western veneration. Regardless of how it is portrayed its message is the same - come to me! The icon is in an "Eleusa" style - meaning the Virgin is compassionate and conveys intimacy, gentleness and grace to her children. Our loving Mother! One of the few icons in which the Blessed Mother Theotokos is pictured alone. Her hands are crossed with humility in acceptance of the will of God - The Western Church celebrates the Virgin of Extreme Humility also known as Mother of Sorrows on Sept 15th - the day after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. In the East its feast day is July 28th August 10th Old Calendar and Dec 9 Dec 22nd Old Calendar on the Feast of the Conception of St Anne. St Pope John Paul venerated him and referred to him as a Saint in his book Crossing the Threshold of Hope The icon is very famous for the veneration of our Lady by St Seraphim of Sarov a Russian ascetic of the 18th century - a holy man venerated in the Orthodox Church on January 2 and the opening of his relics on July 19th. Tradition holds St Seraphim prayed most of this life before this image - one tradition holds he prayed for 2000 days on a stone slab in front of this image and died in its presence on Jan 2, 1833.