Curitiba · Campos · Rio de Janeiro · Brasília · Serra Gaúcha
Sacred icons hand-painted in Italy for Brazil
Brazil is home to more than thirty million descendants of Italian emigrants, as the Italian and Brazilian foreign ministries note. Paraná hosts the largest Ukrainian community in Brazil, and in Campos dos Goytacazes the Holy See erected in 2002 an apostolic administration for the faithful attached to the ancient Roman rite. For these families an icon hand-painted in Italy joins faith and origins.
Tradition and the Christian East in Brazil
- In Curitiba the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Saint John the Baptist, raised in 2014, and in Tingui Park the Ukrainian Memorial, with a replica of the church of Saint Michael the Archangel built by the pioneers in Serra do Tigre.
- In Prudentópolis, Brazil's most Ukrainian city, the Eparchy of the Immaculate Conception erected in 2014 and more than a hundred churches, many of Byzantine tradition; the church of Saint Josaphat, a cultural heritage site of Paraná, is the mother church of Brazil's Ukrainian churches.
- In Campos dos Goytacazes the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney, erected by John Paul II on 18 January 2002, which celebrates according to the ancient Roman rite, with the Missal of John XXIII.
- In São Paulo the cathedrals of Our Lady of Lebanon, of the Maronite eparchy, and of Our Lady of Paradise, of the Melkite eparchy that gathers all the Melkites of Brazil.
- In Rio de Janeiro the Melkite church of Saint Basil, built in 1941; in Brasília Oscar Niemeyer's Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Aparecida and the Sanctuary of Don Bosco, patron of the capital.
- In the Serra Gaúcha, at Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves and Garibaldi, the colonies founded from 1875 onwards by emigrants from Veneto, Lombardy and Tyrol.
For Brazilian families
The patron saint of the family's home town in Italy for an Italian-Brazilian family, Saint Michael or the Mother of God for a Ukrainian family, the Holy Family with a Latin inscription for those who follow the Traditional Mass, the name saint for a baptism or confirmation: every icon is unique, painted entirely by hand in Sicily and fully gilded with 23¾ karat gold.
Saint Michael the Archangel
Prince of the heavenly hosts, dear to Ukrainian families.
Holy Family
Floral border, Latin inscription.
Virgin of Tenderness
Round panel, decorated gold ground.
Saint Hilarion the Great
The radiant Name of Jesus defeats the dragon.
Commissioning and shipping
Consultations take place online, in English or Italian. During the work you receive photographs of every stage; the icon arrives with protective packaging and, on request, insured shipping, together with its certificate of authenticity on real parchment and its explanatory booklet. Shipping conditions and any customs formalities are checked case by case at the time of commission.
Frequently asked questions
Can I commission an icon hand-painted in Italy from Brazil?
Yes: consultations take place online, in English or Italian, by writing to Concetta Basile on WhatsApp or Telegram. During the work you receive photographs of every stage.
An icon for a family of Italian origin in Brazil?
The patron saint of the town the great-grandparents left, or the Madonna venerated there: an icon painted in Italy that brings the family back to its roots.
Can the inscriptions be in Latin for those who follow the Traditional Mass?
Yes: an icon's inscriptions are always in Latin or Greek. For the faithful attached to the ancient Roman rite, Latin is the most natural choice.
An icon for a Ukrainian Greek Catholic family in Paraná?
Saint Michael the Archangel, the Mother of God or the name saint, painted according to the Byzantine canon shared by the Ukrainian tradition, with Greek or Latin inscriptions.
How does the icon reach Brazil?
With protective packaging and, on request, insured shipping, together with the certificate of authenticity on real parchment and the booklet. Conditions and customs formalities are checked at the time of commission.