Best way to present an icon to wedding couple?

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A requested handwritten icon is almost completed. It will be a gift to a couple getting married soon. Is there a best time or way to give this to the couple? I don’t imagine it being stuffed into a tissue lined pretty deco bag with handles.
That wouldn’t be practical - the egg tempera and oils would rub off 😉
Just wondering … any thoughts?
 
IKON - MARRIAGE

I am not sure if this ikon is to be the crowning ikon for blessing of husband or of wife - usually crowning icons (венчальные иконы) are a pair for marriage blessing, one for wife of Mother of God, and one for husband, of Our Lord Christ. If this is for their marriage - let them know and have ikon (s) at church before ceremony. Many buy their own, their own candles and rings - or may have some in their family from old generations.

In any case usually do not cover ikon except with kiot - to give to husband and wife.
 
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A requested handwritten icon is almost completed. It will be a gift to a couple getting married soon. Is there a best time or way to give this to the couple? I don’t imagine it being stuffed into a tissue lined pretty deco bag with handles.
That wouldn’t be practical - the egg tempera and oils would rub off 😉
Just wondering … any thoughts?
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Are they Eastern Catholic or Orthodox? If so, buy a nice rushnyk and wrap that around the ikon and present to them that way… at least that’s what I’m doing with an ikon I’m painting as a wedding present…

Hope this helps…
 
Thanks for the advice. I like the idea of a rushnyk. Perhaps I could embroider this myself. What is a kiot?
The icon is Our Lady of Tenderness
I wish that I could share a photo when it is finished but I am not allowed to without permission. My husband and I requested that the artist blend both eastern and western technique. This is a first for her. She said that it is quite nice. I can hardly wait till Christmas when I am allowed to view.

I will inquire about it being present during the nuptial Mass…
No one can imagine how happy I am to give this to my daughter and her future husband as a wedding gift. Is there a more perfect wedding gift? No
 
Beautiful said:
Thanks for the advice. I like the idea of a rushnyk. Perhaps I could embroider this myself. What is a kiot?
The icon is Our Lady of Tenderness
I wish that I could share a photo when it is finished but I am not allowed to without permission. My husband and I requested that the artist blend both eastern and western technique. This is a first for her. She said that it is quite nice. I can hardly wait till Christmas when I am allowed to view.

I will inquire about it being present during the nuptial Mass…
No one can imagine how happy I am to give this to my daughter and her future husband as a wedding gift. Is there a more perfect wedding gift? No
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A kiot is a type of case used to hold an ikon. It usually has a glass to protect the ikon and has a korbel (ikon lamp) attached to the bottom.
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Some examples of kiots…

Hope this helps…
 
Beautiful said:
Thanks for the advice. I like the idea of a rushnyk. Perhaps I could embroider this myself. What is a kiot?
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Here is a link to a seller on eBay who has rushynky patterns. They are written in Ukrainian, but they do have a DMC color number for the threads…

cgi.ebay.com/UKRAINIAN-TOWEL-CROSS-STITCH-PATTERN-RUSHNYK-4505_W0QQitemZ280223382767QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

You can go to their store and find a pattern that you like and it usually takes about 10 days for it to get here…

Hope this helps…
 
Patchunky said:
A kiot is a type of case used to hold an ikon. It usually has a glass to protect the ikon and has a korbel (ikon lamp) attached to the bottom.
http://www.nikitatailor.net/shop/products/category/psJY3Qu.jpg

Some examples of kiots…

Hope this helps…
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I see.
We have a 6 foot curio cabinet for the couple. I’ve told them that the top shelf is reserved exclusively for something very special. They have no idea what it is. 😃 I’m not sure which I can hardly wait for - the wedding day or to give them the icon.
With the hope of a houseful of children someday I thought a cabinet would be better protection for the icon.
 
Patchunky said:
Here is a link to a seller on eBay who has rushynky patterns. They are written in Ukrainian, but they do have a DMC color number for the threads…

cgi.ebay.com/UKRAINIAN-TOWEL-CROSS-STITCH-PATTERN-RUSHNYK-4505_W0QQitemZ280223382767QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

You can go to their store and find a pattern that you like and it usually takes about 10 days for it to get here…

Hope this helps…
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Thanks for the tip. I’ll need to shop around.
 
IKON CORNER or CABINET

Curio Cabinet?

Ikon is not antiquarian thing (curio?) and should be placed not in a cabinet but giving most prominent (beautiful) corner of couple’s bedroom. Like Pachunky believe best is in corner freely in a kiot with a border of rushnyk, small lampka in front.
 
curio cabinets are a type of cabnitry used more for things of precious value; they are protective display cases.
 
Yes, a rushnyk is very appropriate to adorn the icon and if hand-embroidered is itself a wonderful and very meaningful (and traditional) wedding gift (this is how it is usually given in the Ukrainian tradition).
 
There is a plan.
The couple will be invited to a special blessing of the artist’s icons before Mass and then presented with their gift from parents. This all on a Mary feast day.
 
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