Religious icon Carving - Saint Tryphon
Size: 14,5'' x 9,5'' - 37cm x 24cm
Material: Walnut Wood
High quality hand carved icon, front half sculpture made with superior walnut wood using various carving chisels and wood working knives. Carved with great emphasis on detail.
The Holy Martyr Trifun (Tryphon) is a saint of both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Known as the saint guardian of wine and wine growers.
On St. Trifun's day (14th of Feb) people visit their vineyards and symbolically cut one piece of it and pour vine over the scarified part. It is believed that this custom will bring prosperity and much fruits of the next grape harvest.