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•Icon made without hands (Holy Face) screen printed front
•Rear direct embroidery IRREGULARS RESIST UNTO DEATH with the Diamond cross “on the mark” logo
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All icons of the Holy Face of Christ are patterned after the very first icon made by Jesus Christ Himself when he pressed a cloth to His face which miraculously embedded His image on it.
One of the earliest Icons witnessed to by Church Tradition, is the Icon of the Savior Not-Made-By-Hands. According to Tradition, during the time of the earthly ministry of the Savior, Abgar ruled in the Syrian city of Edessa. He was afflicted with leprosy over his whole body. At this time report of the great miracles performed by the Lord extended throughout Syria (Matt. 4:24) and as far as Arabia. Although not having seen the Lord, Abgar believed in Him as the Son of God and wrote a letter requesting Him to come and heal him. With this letter he sent to Palestine his court-painter Ananias, entrusting him to paint an image of the Divine Teacher.
Ananias went to Jerusalem and saw the Lord surrounded by people. He was not able get to Him because of the great throng of people listening to His preaching; so he stood on a huge rock and attempted to produce a painting of the image of the Lord Jesus Christ, unable, however, to succeed. The Savior Himself called him by name and gave to Ananias, for king Abgar a beautiful letter in which, having praised the faith of the ruler, He promised to send His disciple in order to heal him from the leprosy and instruct him in salvation.
After this, the Lord called for water and a towel. He wiped His face, rubbing with the towel, and on it was impressed His Divine Image. The towel and the letter, the Savior sent with Ananias to Edessa. With thanksgiving Abgar received the sacred object and received healing, but a small portion, only a trace, remained of the terrible disease on his face until the arrival of the promised Disciple of the Lord.
This image became the pattern after which all icons of Christ have faithfully followed and was kept in Edessa until a.d. 944 when it was transferred to Constantinople. It was lost in a.d. 1204 at the time of the sack of Constantinople by the Western Knights of the 4th Crusade. Since Christ Himself made this icon by a miracle, we say that it is “Not Made by Hands.”
RESIST UNTO DEATH
