This beautiful plastic relief icon makes part of the series issued by Bulgarian mint "Christian Saints and artifacts". The plastic is made of massive silver plating brass, with oxidization (overlay the silver surface). It is mounted on silver plated frame with size 9 x 13 cms, over a base of black velvet. Nice certificate-booklet (in Bulgarian) joins the icon.
St. Mina is protector of all who have suffered a loss, helping them to find it, keep the hope that there is nothing impossible. St. Mina is patron of women, so we all direct him prays for home and children. The Orthodox church commemortes St. Mina on 11 November .
Celebrating a name-day: Mina, Victor, Vincent and deratives.
The icon is traditional Bulgarian gift - it makes excellent present for your friends and family and it will remind you of the intransient values we, human beings, have a tendency to forget about now and then.
Additional information about Saint Menas, as found on the Internet : Saint Mina (also Mena, Menas) (c. 285 – c. 309), the Martyr and Wonder-maker, is one of the most well-known Egyptian saints in the East and West, due to the many miracles that occurred through his intercession and prayers. His feast day is celebrated every year on
Hathor 15 (Coptic month = November 11 (West) or November 24).
His father, a ruler of one of the administrative divisions of Egypt, died when Menas was fourteen years old.
At the age of fifteen Menas joined the army. He was given a high rank because of his father's reputation and was appointed in Algeria. Three years later he left the army longing to devote his whole life to Christ. He headed towards the desert to live a different kind of life.
After spending five years as a hermit, he saw in a revelation the
angels coronating the martyrs with glamorous crowns, and longed to join those martyrs. While he was thinking about it, he heard a voice saying: "Blessed are you Abba Menas because you have been called for pious life since your childhood. You shall be granted three immortal crowns: one because of your celibacy, the second because of your asceticism, and the third one for your martyrdom."
Immediately he felt as if the earth under him was vanishing, and he was overwhelmed with great eagerness to be carried away to heavens. In a mood of valor he hurried to the ruler, declaring his Christian faith. His endless sufferings and the tortures that he went through, have attracted many of the pagans, not only to Christianity, but also to martyrdom.
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