EXCLUSIVE Nilova monastery 24ct gold plated silver Pokrov pendant with prayer.

Protection or Intercession of the Mother of God (Pokrov) 24 carat gold, oxidised sterling silver pendant.

Prayer on the reverse side: “Save your servants from misfortune, Mother of God.”

Gold plating is 5 microns thick- more than double that of most gold plated jewellery.

Crafted in the renowned Russian jewellery workshop "Nilova Pustyn" which creates Orthodox jewellery with the blessing of the Vicar of the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Desert, Archimandrite Arkady on the territory of the male monastery "Nilo-Stolobenskaya Desert". All products of the company are consecrated there.

“Nilova Pustyn” jewellery firm has operated for more than 10 years, producing unique, high quality models of Orthodox jewellery. The staff of the workshop consists of jewellers, artists, icon painters, restorers, sculptors, among them members of the Union of Artists and the Russian Academy of Arts.

Average weight: 4 g

Dimensions vertical/horizontal: 26 mm (with loop)/17 mm diameter

Composition: 925 sterling silver, 999 yellow gold (gilding)

Manufacturing technique: casting, blackening.