Rare Icons St Demetrios Killing Tsar Kaloyan Russian Byzantin John The Good for Sale

Rare Icons St Demetrios Killing Tsar Kaloyan Russian Byzantin John The Good For Sale

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Rare Icons St Demetrios Killing Tsar Kaloyan Russian Byzantin John The Good:
$490.52

Dimension : 5.5" x 7" x 1" inch

Might need cleaning because of the dust but the condition is good other than that

Contrary to popular tradition, St. Demetrios in his icon is NOT depicted as killing Lyaios the Gladiator, who was actually killed by St. Nestor. Rather, this icon is an allegory and depicts the killing of the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan, whose name means "John the Good", but whom the Greek-speaking Romans called "Skyloyan" or "John the Dog".

Both rulers were killers of the Orthodox Christian population of the Roman Empire. Also, Kaloyan was seen to betray Orthodoxy when he was crowned by Pope Innocent III. St. Demetrios is very much loved by the Bulgarians and they honor him even more than one of their heroes/kings who turned against Orthodoxy. Some Bulgarian biographies even claim that St. Demetrios' father was from Bulgaria, so much did they love and honor him.