Chrismation Gift from my Boyfriend

[All4Christ]

My boyfriend gave me a chrismation gift last weekend. It was a few weeks late - with good reason. Honestly - it was the sweetest gift that he could have gotten me...

As you may have read on previous threads - there are few and far between icons of my patron saint - St Laura of Cordoba. Knowing that I had been unable to get a print of St Laura - since the only existing icon of St Laura was in England - my boyfriend decided to commission an icon of St Laura!

He gave me the icon last weekend. It just had been finished that previous week by the iconographer. It is beautiful...It is my first handpainted icon - and I will treasure it always. And now I have an icon of St Laura!

:) I'm really happy about this! I never expected this - and feel very special that he decided to do that...
:)

[All4Christ]

I'll post a pic of it in a couple weeks. It wasn't quite dry yet - and I was coming home on the train - so he was going to bring it to my house when he drives back to PA (in a few weeks)

[Sothron]

What a fantastic gift! Welcome to the family of Christ sister.

[Matrona]

Wow, what a sweet and wonderful gift! Congratulations!

[Philothei]

Hand written icons are the best.:) That was really nice of him to do to commision a iconorgrapher :) I love giving and recieving icons as gifts although I have tons...

[Mary of Bethany]

I can't wait to see a picture of it!

That is truly a wonderful gift.


Mary

[All4Christ]

I look forward to putting up the picture! This is my first hand-written icon...and it was a gift that I would never expect...it was perfect :)

[cassc]

Wow what a great chrismation gift, not everyone is lucky enough to have a handwritten icon, what a blessing!!

[Shubunkin]

Wonderful!! :clap:

[Anhelyna]

Once your Icon is with you , you will have to ask your priest to Bless it .

Last time I gave some icons as a gift [ yes they were hand written :) ] they were kept in the Altar for 40 days and then returned to me so I could pass them to my young friend - he had an Icon of the Kazan Mother of God for his Ordination to the Diaconate and a year later he got the Icon of Christ for his Ordination to the Priesthood . My SF was very upset at having to return them to me - he would have liked to keep them in his Altar .

[Kolya]

Wonderful news! and such a thoughtful gift!

[Dorothea]

What a thoughtful and loving gift! You found yourself and wonderful man. :D That's wonderful!