EXCLUSIVE Nilova Monastery St Nicholas the Wonderworker 24ct gold plated pendant

St Nicholas the Wonderworker pendant. A saint who is particularly revered in Russia, a quick helper in all sorrows. People pray especially for travelers, the oppressed, and those in despair.

On the reverse side is written “blessing of the city of Bari.” This is a city in Italy where the saint's relics are kept.

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: 1.6 g

Vertical/horizontal dimensions: with loop 1.9 cm/1 cm

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

Manufacturing technique: casting, blackening.