Icon - St. Charlamp

tempera, board, chalk-gypsum base; silvering; border - fabric, embroidery; 44.6 x 35.6 x 3 cm.
Russia, early 18th century.
Image of the Saint in episcopal robes, standing with a closed Book in his left hand; above him in the clouds Christ, on the sides 4 scenes from the life and martyrdom of the Saint.
The icon's border is covered with linen and faded fabric embroidered in geometric motifs.
The name Haralampos means "shining with happiness" in Greek. Bishop of Magnesia in Asia Minor, he suffered martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Septimius Severus. As the patron saint of the Eastern Church, he is invoked during famines and epidemics of infectious diseases - plague, cholera; also diseases of cattle.