Aged Dark Wooden Prosphora Seal from Mount Athos Monks D:11cm

Holy Bread Prosphora Seal or Prosfora Stamp.

Offered and made in the very beautiful Aged Dark Wood and carved in detail.

Prosphora (Greek for “offering”) is bread prepared for use in the Divine Liturgy. A portion of it, known as the lamb (or amnon) is cut out during the proskomedi which is consecrated during the Divine Liturgy to be the Eucharist, while the rest is cut up for the antidoron, the blessed bread distributed at the end of the liturgy.

During its preparation, prosphora is stamped with an image usually including IC XC NIKA (“Jesus Christ conquers”), which is maintained during baking and then serves as a guide for cutting out the lamb during the proskomedi. Prosphora can vary in size and stamp in different traditions. Generally, the Slavic traditions use smaller prosphora with a simpler stamp, while the Byzantine ones use larger ones with a more complex stamp.