Apostolate of the Divine Heart

Sacred Icons

Icons in the Apostolate’s custody, written in the traditional way: egg tempera made with natural earth pigments on gessoed wood, with clay bole beneath 24kt gold leaf. Alongside them are cherished icon prints.

The collection

Fatherhood icon print

Icon print

Fatherhood

Limited-edition engraved print, number 8 of 75. The original icon was written in Russia in 1981 by Sacha Konlitonov.

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Christ Pantocrator icon in a silver-and-gilt frame

19th-century Russian icon

The Pantocrator

Egg tempera on gessoed wood, encased in a silver-and-gilt frame.

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Mandylion icon of Christ

Icon of Christ

The Mandylion

Written in egg tempera on linden gessoed wood by a Bulgarian iconographer.

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The icon of Our Lady of Springfield

Icon of the Theotokos

Our Lady of Springfield

Physical icon still missing

Written in 2013 and blessed at Clare Priory, Suffolk. Its whereabouts have been unknown since October 2016.

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Hawaii-Iveron Theotokos icon print framed with Maltese bobbin lace

Blessed icon print

The ‘Hawaii-Iveron’ Theotokos

Anointed with myrrh from the Hawaiian Iveron Icon, now set with 17th-century Maltese bobbin lace.

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Il’yin-Chernigov Theotokos icon print

1905 Russian icon print

The ‘Il’yin-Chernigov’ Theotokos

A limited-edition print of the Mother of God, released in Russia in 1905.

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Panagia Eleusa icon of the Theotokos and Christ Child

18th-century Russian icon

Panagia Eleusa

The Mother of God and the Christ Child in an embrace, written in egg tempera on gessoed wood.

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Archangel Mikha’El icon with a horse

Icon of the archangel

Archangel Mikha’El

Written in Sardinia in egg tempera on linden gessoed wood, with gold gilding.

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Icon print of the twenty-one Libyan Martyrs

Icon print

The Libyan Martyrs

An icon print honoring the twenty-one martyrs. The original icon is held by the Coptic Church in Egypt.

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St Julian of Kenomania icon print

1896 Russian icon print

St Julian of Kenomania

Number 132 of 3,000 prints released in Russia in 1896.

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Icon of St Kalistrat of Carthage

Icon of a martyr

St Kalistrat of Carthage

Written in egg tempera on gessoed wood by a Russian iconographer.

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Icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker

Icon of a bishop

St Nicholas the Wonderworker

An icon of the bishop of Ephesus, Myra, and Bari, written in egg tempera on linen-gessoed wood by a German iconographer.

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