The border guards were given the icon “Guardian Angel”, which was written exclusively for the guards of state borders
The relic was written exclusively for the border guards of the southern borders, consecrated and delivered to the Cossack land, as a symbol of the Lord's protection and Spiritual inspiration for Victory.
In Zaporozhye, in the Church of St. Peter the Tomb, representatives of the authorities, border guards and military honored the icon “Guardian Angel”, consecrated in the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in the city. Kyiv Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine His Beatitude Epiphany.
The author of the painting was Honored Artist of Ukraine Andriy Kholomenyuk — a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, a painter of battle paintings, who presented eight more of his works to the State Border Service of Ukraine. Technique in which the work of the master is the author's. It is very interesting, has a stereo effect, like a 3D image. When the viewer looks at these paintings as if he is present at the events, this gives the works extraordinary realism: the opportunity to immerse himself in the events of that time, to feel their dynamics.
Andriy Kholomenyuk did not stay aside from the legendary island of Zmiiny and dedicated the painting “Unconquered Island” to him.
The icon “Guardian Angel” with a steel sword is sent daily, every minute by an invisible angel, to defend all those who stood to defend the Motherland, its people from the fierce hordes who burst into Ukrainian soil in a whirlwind to burn it, destroy and enslave the people.
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
