Handmade wooden icon `Seraphim of Sarov feeds the bear` .

The icon is based on a natural wooden board and gesso.

The image is applied in a special way while maintaining the brightness and saturation of the paint.

The icon is small in size 20 * 17 cm.

History of the icon: 

One nun came to Saint Seraphim and saw that he was sitting near his cell on a tree stump, and next to him stood a huge bear. She froze with fear and screamed at the top of her voice: - Father! My death! - and fell. Elder Seraphim, hearing her voice, hit the bear lightly and waved his hand at him. Then the bear, as a reasonable person, immediately went in the direction where Fr. Seraphim pointed, into the thick forest. The nun, seeing all this, trembled with horror. Elder Seraphim approached her and said: - Do not be horrified, do not be afraid! - She still continued to scream: - Oh, my death! - To this the elder answered: - No, mother, not death, and death is far from you. But this is joy! - And then he led her to the very log on which he had sat before. 

After praying, he sat the nun down on the block and sat down himself. Before they could sit down, the same bear suddenly came out of the thicket of the forest, approached St. Seraphim and lay down at his feet. The nun, seeing such a terrible beast close to her, was at first in great fear and trembling. Father Seraphim treated him without any fear, as if he were a meek lamb, and even began to feed him bread from his hands. Then the nun gradually began to cheer up. The face of the great elder was especially wonderful at this time. It was bright, like an angel's, and joyful.

Finally, when the nun had completely calmed down, and the elder had fed almost all of his bread, he gave her the remaining piece and told her to feed the bear. But she answered: “I’m afraid, father: he’ll eat my hand off too!” Elder Seraphim looked, smiled and said: “No, mother, believe that he won’t eat your hand off.” Then she took the bread that was given to her and fed it to him with such joy that she would have liked to feed him more, because the beast was gentle with her, according to the prayers of the saint.