Bead «St. Irina the Great Martyr»

Characteristics:
Size: mm 9*9*10
Avg. Weight: 5.2 g.
Composition: Silver 925 999 Gold plated, hot enamel
Technique - casting, gilding, hot enamel, nielloю
St. Irene was originally Slav and lived in the second half of the I century. She was the daughter of Licinius who was a ruler of the city Mageddon in Macedonia. Even in her youth, Irina believed in Christ. According to the legend she was baptized by the Apostle Timothy and a disciple of the Apostle Paul.
Having learned that Irina became a Christian her father was angry with the daugheter and when she refused to worship the idols he ordered to throw the girl the feet of wild horses. The horses didn't touch the martyrs but rushed to her father and crushed him to death. He was returned to life due to the prayers of the saint and believed in Christ. He and all his family and 3,000 people have believed in Christ.
After that, St. Irene began boldly preach Christ among the inhabitants of Macedonia, for which many times was subjected to humiliation and suffering. By order of the governor of Zedekiah they then thrown St. Irene into a pit with snakes and tried to saw with a saw, then tied to a mill wheel, but she remained unharmed. When the Lord gave Irina the day she died, she retired to a mountain cave near the city of Ephesus. She asked to litter the entrance of which with stones. On the fourth day when her friends went back to the cave and opened it, they found her body. Everyone understood that she was taken into heaven by the Lord .