{"product_id":"saint-raphael-kalinowski-icon-on-wood","title":"St. Raphael Kalinowski Icon on Wood – Catholic Sacred Art","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSaint Raphael Kalinowski: from exile to reconciliation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907) was trained as an engineer and served as an officer before joining the Polish January Uprising. Arrested and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia, he endured exile and later entered the Discalced Carmelites, becoming a priest and influential spiritual director. His mature ministry centered on prayer, the sacrament of reconciliation, Carmelite renewal, and patient work for unity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIconography and theological meaning\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaphael is portrayed in the brown Carmelite habit and black skullcap, his head bowed and eyes lowered. The restrained profile emphasizes recollection, humility, and the interior life rather than public achievement. A gold halo behind him transforms the memory of hardship into a testimony to grace working through suffering and conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor prayer and Christian devotion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strong devotional image for confessors, penitents, people in exile or recovery, and those seeking reconciliation, it encourages silence, endurance, forgiveness, and renewed trust in God after personal or national trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCrafted on linden wood in Poland\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image is printed directly onto a double-primed linden wood panel and finished with decorative gold leaf. Each made-to-order piece is produced in Poland, includes a certificate with the year of production, and has a hanger on the back. Natural wood, a luminous gold field, and precise contemporary drawing create sacred art suited to a home prayer corner, chapel, rectory, or a carefully chosen Catholic gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Christiana","offers":[{"title":"10x15 cm","offer_id":57394209980681,"sku":"ACHI442S","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15x20 cm","offer_id":57394210013449,"sku":"ACHI442M","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x25 cm","offer_id":57394210046217,"sku":"ACHI442L","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x40 cm","offer_id":57394210078985,"sku":"ACHI442XL","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x50 cm","offer_id":57394210111753,"sku":"ACHI442XXL","price":169.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/8483\/8153\/files\/achi442-religious-icon.jpg?v=1791401777","url":"https:\/\/artchristiana.com\/products\/saint-raphael-kalinowski-icon-on-wood","provider":"Art Christiana","version":"1.0","type":"link"}