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You get the EXACT Set of 9 cards in the photos.
Condition:Very Good, as shown.
📚Provenance:Part of a privately curated collection of philosophy, Orthodox Christian, émigré and Cold War-era literature.
Offered here is an interesting mixed lot of 9 Christian religious devotional cards, predominantly featuring Eastern Orthodox/Byzantine-style iconography.
The collection includes representations of St. Nicholas, St. George, St. Ephraim, Christ and the Virgin Mary/Christ Child, along with additional saints and clergy-related imagery.
Of particular interest are the St. Nicholas cards from Bari, Italy, connected with the Basilica Pontificia di San Nicola and its Dominican Fathers. The Basilica is an especially important pilgrimage site for both Western and Eastern Christians and maintains a strong historical connection with Orthodox devotion to St. Nicholas. Basilica Pontificia San Nicola
One card reproduces the celebrated medieval image of St. Nicholas associated with Stefan Uroš III Dečanski, King of Serbia, whose icon was donated to the Basilica in 1327. St. Nicholas Center
The 9-piece lot includes
- St. Nicholas / San Nicola Byzantine-style icon card
- St. Nicholas devotional card from Basilica Pontificia di San Nicola, Bari, Italy
- Additional St. Nicholas icon imagery
- St. George icon card
- St. Ephraim icon/prayer card
- Jesus Christ Byzantine-style icon card
- Virgin Mary and Christ Child icon imagery
- Additional Orthodox saint/clergy devotional imagery
- Jane “Tatiana” Vonderasaar (1924–2007) memorial card from David C. Gross Funeral Homes
The backs are particularly interesting and include material printed in English, Italian, Cyrillic/Slavic text, prayers and institutional information.
The two Bari cards identify the Padri Domenicani / Basilica Pontificia di San Nicola – Bari, and the Basilica remains under the care of the Dominican Fathers. Basilica Pontificia San Nicola
One English prayer card contains a Prayer of St. Ephraim, while another identifies St. Nectarios of Aegina – The Wonderworker.
A nice mixed group for collectors of Orthodox Christianity, Byzantine icons, saint holy cards, St. Nicholas memorabilia, religious ephemera, prayer cards or devotional ship safely as always.
