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Design and production of liturgical artifacts, chandeliers and wood carved furnishings. Liturgical artifacts restoration. Bespoke orders.

Church design and 3D architectural rendering, product design and visualization. Since 1960 our firm has been a leader in producing religious articles, chandeliers and wood carved furnishings for the Orthodox Church with care and respect to our heritage, craftsmanship and quality. For over 50 years we create by hand religious artifacts, true works of art and symbols of the ageless tradition of Orthodox Christianity. Our experience, integrity and personal service have won our customers’ satisfaction and loyalty over the years. With great anticipation and earnest enthusiasm we look forward to a bright future in serving you.

02/11/2026

Δοχεία Αγιασμού / Holy Water Vessels

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Δοχεία Αγιασμού / Holy Water Vessels

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Μυροδοχεία / Holy Myron Containers

02/11/2026

Today is All Saints' Day, a Christian holy day celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church.

The remains or relics of saints were believed to retain some of the saint's holy virtue or power, acting as a link between their mortal and immortal life, a place where heaven and earth might touch. By venerating, touching, or even seeing the relics of saints, pilgrims could hope to gain the saint's miraculous aid in curing an illness, for example, or answering prayers.

Most holy men and women were not officially recognised as saints until several years after their deaths, usually after they had performed posthumous miracles and pilgrims had begun to seek out their burial site as a holy place.

Their original burial sites might be unsuitable for visitors, difficult to access, not well-marked, or considered inappropriate to their exalted status, such as a grave in the churchyard or in one of the less-important parts of the church. It was expected that saints' bones should be preserved in a setting which appropriately reflected their awesome holy power, not hidden or obscured in a plain tomb.

Head reliquaries, also known as ‘chefs', were popular in the medieval period. This reliquary was made for the cathedral treasury at Basel, Switzerland, where it was thought to contain relics of the head of St Eustace. When it was opened, however, it contained the relics of various saints as well as nine unlabeled skull fragments. The head is of gilt silver with a circlet of precious stones. Within it is a carved wooden core also in the shape of a head, with a hollow compartment for relics. Around the plinth are gold plaques in the form of the 12 apostles standing under arches.

You can find this object on display in Room 40.

⚱️ The St Eustace Head Reliquary. Silver gilt with rock crystal, chalcedony, amethyst, carnelian, pearl, mother of pearl, obsidian, glass and wood, Switzerland, c. Late Medieval period.

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Κανδήλες / Hanging Sanctuary Lamps

02/11/2026

Κανδήλες / Hanging Sanctuary Lamps

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