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Mystras, perched on the slopes of Mount Taygetos near Sparta, was the final great center of the Byzantine Empire. Founded in the 13th century, it became a thriving city of palaces, monasteries, churches, and scholars — a place where art, theology, and philosophy flourished in the empire’s final centuries. Today, its frescoed churches, fortress walls, and silent pathways tell the story of a civilization that shaped the Eastern Mediterranean for over a thousand years. Walking through Mystras feels

St. Elisabeth Convent makes Orthodox icons. The catalog of St. Elisabeth Convent contains over 1,000 icons painted in accordance with Byzantine, Russian, and Greek styles. These icons span across many trends, styles, and years. You can order an icon painted with tempera or acrylic paints from our icon painting studio. We also offer icons in oklad, embroidered with pearls, jacinth, amethyst, carneol. Our crushed stone workshop uses a unique state-of-the-art technology to make icons from powdered

St. Elisabeth Convent makes Orthodox icons. The catalog of St. Elisabeth Convent contains over 1,000 icons painted in accordance with Byzantine, Russian, and Greek styles. These icons span across many trends, styles, and years. You can order an icon painted with tempera or acrylic paints from our icon painting studio. We also offer icons in oklad, embroidered with pearls, jacinth, amethyst, carneol. Our crushed stone workshop uses a unique state-of-the-art technology to make icons from powdered