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Robert, CA

The relics arrived last Friday- thank you! I am pleased with the careful packaging and the careful documentation of these relics!

Dushan, Alberta, Canada

The Old Believer icon of Our Lady of the Unburnt Thornbush is exquisite. It arrived this morning and is now hanging in my icon corner, alongside the other beautiful antique icons that I have acquired from the Russian Store.

Алексей, Самара

Огромное спасибо за оперативную пересылку купленной нами иконы. С таможней проблем вообще никаких не было, бандероль принесли домой!

Dushan, Edmonton

The icon of the Prophet Elijah with Scenes of his Life and Fiery Ascension arrived today. It is a fabulous icon and I am delighted that it is part of my collection. The high quality of the Russian Store's antique icons and your excellent customer service is once again appreciated.

Dushan, Canada

The icon of Christ Pantocrator in the silver revetment cover arrived safely this afternoon. Thank you as always for your careful packaging and shipping of this fine antique.

Reliquary theca with relic of St. Ansanus, the Apostle of Siena

Oval glass-fronted silver reliquary theca housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relics of Saint Ansanus of Siena. The relics are affixed to the ground of red silk, surrounded by gilt paperolle and silver wire ornamentation and identified in Latin on manuscript cedula label as S. Anissani Ep. (Saint Ansanus, Bishop). On the back, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of Patriarch Domenico Giordani (†1781), Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia (1766-1781), and Vicegerent of Rome, Italy (1759-1773).

Saint Ansanus (†304), called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena, is the patron saint of Siena. He was born of a noble Roman family and while still a child, was secretly baptized by his nurse and was secretly brought up as a Christian. Ansanus openly declared his Christian faith during the persecutions of Diocletian, when he was nineteen years old. According to tradition, St. Ansanus preached the Gospel in Bagnoregio and the church of Santa Maria delle Carceri outside the Alban Gate was said to have been built above the prison in which he was confined. Ansanus was scourged but survived this torture, as well as the next one: being thrown into a pot of boiling oil. He was then taken to the city of Siena as a prisoner. He managed to preach Christianity there and make many converts to this religion but eventually, he was decapitated by order of the Emperor Diocletian. He is venerated in Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches and his feast is celebrated on 1 December.