This icon is a print mounted on board then lacquered. It is made by Benedictine monks in Australia,. Size is 12cmx14cm.

Inscription on back reads: This icon is a modern composition by Sister Grace from Indiana. It was written especially for the jubilee of the Incarnation and the beginning of the 3rd Christian millennium, but its theme is timeless. It looks back and gives thanks for the surpassing gift of God taking flesh in our midst and looks forward to His coming in Glory.

In the center of the icon stands Mary in the post of the Virgin of the Sign. She bears Jesus enveloped in mandorla, a symbol representing a window into Heaven. He is shown as Christ Emmanuel, the child of the first coming, but placed amid majestic signs of His glorious second coming. The open book proclaims Him as the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. Abridged.

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