St Matushka Olga of Alaska - 3.75 x 5 (Cherry)

St Matushka Olga of Alaska was born in 1916 into a family of the Yupik tribe in a tiny village in Alaska named Kwethluk. She would spend her entire life there, living off the land, hunting, fishing, and gathering food. She would go on to marry her husband Nicolai who would go on to become priest for their village.

St Olga was a mother to 8 children and countless spiritual children. She worked as a midwife in Kwethluk, sewing priest's vestments and baking prosfora for the Divine Liturgy. She remembered to have foresight into knowing when the women of her village were pregnant. She was known to help victims of sexual and physical abuse and would offer them any help they needed. She fell asleep in the Lord in 1979 as the result of battle with cancer. Since her repose she as appeared in dreams of people who have needed healing. Especially women who are victims of physical and sexual abuse. St Matushka OIga's story is an incredible reminder to Orthodox Christians that we are all called to be Saints and that anyone, even in the smallest of towns can become a Saint. St Matushka Olga pray unto Christ for us!

This 3.75 x 5 icon in cherry of St Matushka Olga of Alaska is the perfect smaller sized icon for your icon corner at home or on your nightstand!

Note on wood products - All wood warps, that is something you have to remember with these icons. Warping over time will occur but it wont affect the icon. We use Feed-N-Wax for all of our icons which is our wood sealant and we recommend touching up the icons with this product as needed. If you get water spots from having the icon blessed the easiest way to get rid of them is to apply the Feed-N-Wax product mentioned above to the areas with the water spots and they should go away.

Note that the icon you will receive will vary slightly from picture shown. 

All of our icons are made to order, sculpted by Lydia Riley and made in Montana.