Tropar Templates


  • Business Name: TROPAR MFG. Address: 5 Vreeland Rd. Florham Park, NJ 07932 Phone: (973)822-2400 Email: tropar@airflyte.com Web.
  • Marco Awards Group is a wholesale trophy component distributor with over 31 company-owned domestic distribution centers, including locations in both Canada and Puerto Rico.

Finished plaques with high lacquer piano-finish.

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Red Marble Border Design on Rosewood High Lustr Plaque

P53977 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53988 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53999 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Violet Marble Border Design on Rosewood High Lustr Plaque

P53917 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53928 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53939 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Blue Marble Border Design on Rosewood High Lustr Plaque

P53847 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53858 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53869 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Airflyte rosewood High Lustr plaque featuring a black and gold florentine engraving plate

P53787 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53798 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53809 ' x 12 ' 67.50

LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Individually boxed.

Airflyte rosewood High Lustr plaque featuring a gray marble plate with silver florentine border

P53747 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53758 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53769 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Airflyte rosewood High Lustr plaque featuring a blue marble plate with silver florentine border

P53707 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53718 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53729 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Airflyte black High Lustr plaque featuring a black and gold florentine engraving plate

P53557 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53568 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53579 ' x 12 ' 67.50

LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Individually boxed.

Airflyte black High Lustr plaque featuring a gray marble plate with silver florentine border

Aisi Laagi Lagan Meera Ho Gai Magan a very melodies and beautiful song or bhajan sang by Mr.Anup. Lagan lagi song. A song by legendary sonu nigam ji a tribute to satya sai maharaj on live concert. Must watch video on ur own. Watch Aisi Laagi Lagan a superhit Hindi devotional song sung by Ghazal Samrat Anup Jalota where the.

P53517 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53528 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53539 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Airflyte black High Lustr plaque featuring a blue marble plate with silver florentine border

P53477 ' x 9 ' 48.00
P53488 ' x 10 ' 55.50
P53499 ' x 12 ' 67.50

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Tropar Templates

High gloss mahogany stained frame with gold sublimatable plate

P53167-3/4 ' x 9-3/4 ' 61.50
P53178-1/2 ' x 10-1/2 ' 70.50
P53189-1/2 ' x 12-1/2 ' 77.25
P531911-1/2 ' x 14-1/4 ' 88.50

Sublimation - personalize your award with four-color reproduction
Made in USA
Individually boxed.

High gloss mahogany stained frame with gold florentine border plate

P53017-3/4 ' x 9-3/4 ' 73.50
P53028-1/2 ' x 10-1/2 ' 78.75
P53039-1/2 ' x 12-1/2 ' 88.50
P530411-1/2 ' x 14-1/4 ' 99.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Made in USA

Sapphire marble plate with gold florentine border on rosewood piano-finish plaque

P50937 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50948 ' x 10 ' 66.00
P50959 ' x 12 ' 81.00

LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Individually boxed.

High gloss black stained plaque with silver florentine border plate

P50887 ' x 9 ' 51.75
P50898 ' x 10-1/2 ' 63.00
P50909 ' x 12 ' 77.25

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

Acrylic plate with red border on black piano-finish plaque

P50807 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P50818 ' x 10 ' 72.00
P50829 ' x 12 ' 88.50

Individually boxed.

High gloss black stained plaque with gold florentine border plate

P50777 ' x 9 ' 51.75
P50788 ' x 10-1/2 ' 63.00
P50799 ' x 12 ' 77.25

LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Individually boxed.

Emerald marble plate with gold florentine border on rosewood piano-finish plaque

P50747 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50758 ' x 10 ' 66.00
P50769 ' x 12 ' 81.00

LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Individually boxed.

Ruby marble plate with gold florentine border on rosewood piano-finish plaque

P50677 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50688 ' x 10 ' 66.00
P50699 ' x 12 ' 81.00

LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Individually boxed.

Silver florentine border with textured black center on rosewood piano-finish plaque

P50517 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50528 ' x 10 ' 66.00
P50539 ' x 12 ' 81.00

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.

High gloss rosewood stained plaque with gold florentine border plate

P50437 ' x 9 ' 51.75
P50448 ' x 10-1/2 ' 63.00
P50459 ' x 12 ' 77.25
P504611 ' x 15 ' 105.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.

Rosewood piano-finish plaque featuring a gold florentine border with textured black center engraving plate.

P50367 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50378 ' x 10-1/2 ' 66.00
P50389 ' x 12 ' 81.00
P503910-1/2 ' x 13 ' 99.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Plates copyright design Tropar Mfg. Co., 2013.

Rosewood piano-finish plaque featuring a gold florentine border with textured black center engraving plate.

P50208 ' x 10-1/2 ' 66.00
P50219 ' x 12 ' 81.00
P502210-1/2 ' x 13 ' 99.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Plates copyright design Tropar Mfg. Co., 2013.

Rosewood piano-finish plaque featuring a gold florentine border with textured black center engraving plate.

P50117 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50128 ' x 10-1/2 ' 66.00
P50139 ' x 12 ' 81.00
P501411 ' x 15 ' 114.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Plates copyright design Tropar Mfg. Co., 2012.

Rosewood piano-finish plaque featuring a gold florentine border with textured black center engraving plate.

P50077 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P50088 ' x 10 ' 66.00
P50099 ' x 12 ' 81.00
P501011 ' x 14 ' 108.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.
Plates copyright design Tropar Mfg. Co., 2012.

High gloss rosewood stained book award. Two white sublimatable plates allow four-color reproduction.

P48775-3/8 ' x 4-1/4 ' 57.00

Sublimation - personalize your award with four-color reproduction
Individually gift boxed.
White Dyna Sub plates included.

High gloss rosewood stained book award. Two gold plates with black centers.

P48345-3/8 ' x 4-1/4 ' 60.00

Individually gift boxed.
LaserFX plate is brass-plated steel, we recommend laser engraving only.

Silver florentine border with textured black center on rosewood piano-finish plaque

P45617 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P45628 ' x 10-1/2 ' 66.00
P45639 ' x 12 ' 81.00

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.
Plates copyright design Tropar Mfg. Co., 2013.

Silver florentine border with textured black center on black piano-finish plaque.

P45477 ' x 9 ' 54.75
P45488 ' x 10 ' 66.00
P45499 ' x 12 ' 81.00

Laser engravable aluminum plate.
Individually boxed.
Plates copyright design Tropar Mfg. Co., 2012.

Sunburst corner design plate on rosewood stained piano-finished plaque

P45359 ' x 12 ' 85.50
P453610-1/2 ' x 13 ' 105.75

Laser engravable disk(s).Individually gift boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2010
Limited availability in 2019, contact for status.

Marco Awards Group Templates

Sunburst corner design plate on rosewood stained piano-finished plaque

P45267 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P45278 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P45289 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P452911 ' x 15 ' Limited availability in 2019.135.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually gift boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2009

Sunburst design plate on rosewood stained piano-finished plaque

P45208 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P45219 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P452210-1/2 ' x 13 ' 115.50

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2009

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with florentine progressive design engraving plate

P44877 ' x 9 ' 54.75

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with florentine leaf design corners engraving plate

P44767 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P44778 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P447910-1/2 ' x 13 ' 115.50

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually gift boxed.
Limited availability in 2019, contact for status.

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with florentine quadrangle design engraving plate

P44667 ' x 9 ' 54.75

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano-finished frame with scallop design border engraving plate

P446412 ' x 15 ' 129.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Limited availability in 2019, contact for status.

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with scallop design border engraving plate

P44607 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P44618 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P44629 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Limited availability in 2019, contact for status.

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with scallop accent engraving plate

P44567 ' x 9 ' 54.75

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano-finished frame with florentine star shower engraving plate

P445412 ' x 15 ' 129.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2008

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with florentine star shower engraving plate

P44507 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P44518 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P44529 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2008

Walnut stained piano-finish Airflyte plaques with black textured center and florentine border plates

P43107 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P43118 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P43129 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Plaque boards with walnut stain and heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate.
Solid brass plates.
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Walnut stained piano-finish Airflyte plaques with black textured center and florentine border plates

P43057 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P43068 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P43079 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Plaque boards with walnut stain and heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Walnut stained piano-finish Airflyte plaques with black textured center and florentine border plates

P43007 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P43018 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P43029 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Plaque boards with walnut stain and heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate.
Solid brass plates.
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Walnut stained piano-finish Airflyte plaques with sapphire marble center and florentine border engraving plates

P42107 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P42118 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P42129 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Plaque boards with walnut stain and heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Walnut stained piano-finish Airflyte plaques with sapphire marble center and florentine border engraving plates

P42057 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P42068 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P42079 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Plaque boards with walnut stain and heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate.
Solid brass plates.
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Walnut stained piano-finish Airflyte plaques with sapphire marble center and florentine border engraving plates

P42007 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P42018 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P42029 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Plaque boards with walnut stain and heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate.
Solid brass plates.
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Rosewood stained piano-finish board, shooting star accent engraving plate

P41857 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P41868 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P41879 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano-finished board with florentine wave accented engraving plate

P41707 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P41718 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P41729 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2005

Octagonal rosewood stained piano-finished board with black florentine engraving plate

P416010 ' x 10 ' 93.00

Laser engravable plate(s).

Rosewood stained piano finish Airflyte board,
marble plate with florentine border.

P41557 ' x 9 ' Black63.00
P41568 ' x 10 ' Black75.00
P41579 ' x 12 ' Black93.00
P415810-1/2 ' x 13 ' Black115.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable linen textured plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2000

Rosewood stained piano finish Airflyte board, black
textured center plate with florentine border.

P41407 ' x 9 ' Sapphire63.00
P41418 ' x 10 ' Sapphire75.00
P41429 ' x 12 ' Sapphire93.00
P414310-1/2 ' x 13 ' Sapphire115.50
P41457 ' x 9 ' Ruby63.00
P41468 ' x 10 ' Ruby75.00
P41479 ' x 12 ' Ruby93.00
P414810-1/2 ' x 13 ' Ruby115.50
P41507 ' x 9 ' Emerald63.00
P41518 ' x 10 ' Emerald75.00
P41529 ' x 12 ' Emerald93.00
P415310-1/2 ' x 13 ' Emerald115.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2000

Gold aluminum star (8') on walnut stained
piano-finish board with black recessed area.

P413512 ' x 15 ' 84.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Walnut stained piano finish Airflyte board with sunburst design plate.

P41257 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P41268 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P41279 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2004

Walnut stained piano finish Airflyte board with sunburst design plate.

P41207 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P41218 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P41229 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2004

Star casting with gabled points
Goldtone finish on rosewood piano-finish plaque

P39926 ' x 8 ' 60.00

Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish Airflyte frame with black
brass engraving plate on brush gold metal background.

P399012 ' x 15 ' 126.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plates and disc.
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Walnut stained piano finish Airflyte board with link design plate.

P39657 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P39668 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P39679 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Walnut stained piano finish Airflyte board with link design plate.

Tropar acrylic templates
P39607 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P39618 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P39629 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P396311 ' x 15 ' 135.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Walnut stained piano finish Airflyte board with leaf design plate.

P39507 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P39518 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P39529 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Black stained piano finish plaque with a black and gold embossed back plate and black brass engraving plate.

Tropar Manufacturing

P393011 ' x 14 ' 126.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish Airflyte board with braided design border.

P39117 ' x 9 ' 57.00
P39128 ' x 10-1/2 ' 69.00
P39139 ' x 12 ' 87.00
P391410-1/2 ' x 13 ' 109.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2002

Rosewood stained piano finish Airflyte board with diamond florentine border.

P39017 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P39028 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P39039 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P390410-1/2 ' x 13 ' 115.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2002

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with a black brass plate and gold leaf design border.

P38358 ' x 10-1/2 ' 69.00
P38369 ' x 12 ' 87.00
P383710-1/2 ' x 13 ' 109.50
P383811 ' x 15 ' 127.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2001 & 2002

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with a black textured center plate and florentine border.

P38308 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P38319 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P383210-1/2 ' x 13 ' 115.50
P383311 ' x 15 ' 135.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Plaque plates copyright design: Tropar Mfg. Co., Inc. 2001 & 2002

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with a black and gold embossed back-plate and black brass engraving plate.

P382111 ' x 14 ' 126.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Black stained piano finish plaque with a black textured center plate and florentine border.

P38167 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P38178 ' x 10 ' 75.00
P38189 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P381911 ' x 14 ' 126.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Black stained piano finish plaque with a black brass plate and gold braided design border.

P38117 ' x 9 ' 57.00
P38128 ' x 10 ' 69.00
P38139 ' x 12 ' 87.00
P381411 ' x 14 ' 120.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with a black textured center plate and florentine border.

P38067 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P38078 ' x 10 ' 75.00
P38089 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P380911 ' x 14 ' 126.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with a black brass plate and gold braided design border.

P38017 ' x 9 ' 57.00
P38028 ' x 10 ' 69.00
P38039 ' x 12 ' 87.00
P380411 ' x 14 ' 120.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with notched corners, black textured center plate and florentine border.

P37647 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P37658 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P37669 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P376711 ' x 15 ' 135.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with gloss black border and matte black center.

P37567 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P37578 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P37589 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with gold florentine border and black textured center.

P37417 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P37428 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P37439 ' x 12 ' 93.00
P374410-1/2 ' x 13 ' 115.50
P377012 ' x 15 ' 145.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with gold florentine border and marble center.

P37287 ' x 9 ' Sapphire63.00
P37298 ' x 10-1/2 ' Sapphire75.00
P37309 ' x 12 ' Sapphire93.00
P373110-1/2 ' x 13 ' Sapphire115.50
P37327 ' x 9 ' Ruby63.00
P37338 ' x 10-1/2 ' Ruby75.00
P37349 ' x 12 ' Ruby93.00
P373510-1/2 ' x 13 ' Ruby115.50
P37367 ' x 9 ' Emerald63.00
P37378 ' x 10-1/2 ' Emerald75.00
P37389 ' x 12 ' Emerald93.00
P373910-1/2 ' x 13 ' Emerald115.50

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with black florentine border and black textured center.

P37177 ' x 9 ' 63.00
P37198 ' x 10-1/2 ' 75.00
P37219 ' x 12 ' 93.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.

Rosewood stained piano finish plaque with a southwestern border design plate.

Tropar Awards

P36267 ' x 9 ' 57.00
P36278 ' x 10-1/2 ' 69.00
P36289 ' x 12 ' 87.00

Heavy lacquer finish.
Laser engravable plate(s).
Solid brass engraving plate(s).
Individually boxed.
Patent pending.


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Copyright ©2019 Tropar®

(Redirected from Theotokos of Kazan)
16th-century copy (Yelokhovo Cathedral, Moscow)
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy, Russian Orthodox Church, Catholic Church
Major shrineKazan Cathedral, Moscow
Kazan Monastery of the Theotokos
Feast24 July
4 November

Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother-of-God of Kazan (Russian: Казанская Богоматерь tr. Kazanskaya Bogomater'), was a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and a palladium of all of Russia, known as the Holy Protectress of Russia.

According to legend, the icon was originally acquired from Constantinople, lost in 1438, and miraculously recovered in pristine state over 140 years later in 1579. Two major cathedrals, the Kazan Cathedral, Moscow, and the Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, are consecrated to Our Lady of Kazan, and they display copies of the icon, as do numerous churches throughout the land. The original icon in Kazan was stolen, and likely destroyed, in 1904.

The 'Fátima image' is a 16th-century copy of the icon, or possibly the 16th-century original, stolen from St. Petersburg in 1917 and purchased by F. A. Mitchell-Hedges in 1953. It was housed in Fátima, Portugal from 1970 to 1993, then in the study of Saint Pope John Paul II in the Vatican from 1993 to 2004, when it was returned to Kazan, where it is now kept in the Kazan Monastery of the Theotokos. Copies of the image are also venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.

Feast days of Our Lady of Kazan are 21 July, and 4 November (which is also the Russian Day of National Unity).

  • 1History

History[edit]

According to tradition, the original icon of Our Lady of Kazan was brought to Russia from Constantinople in the 13th century. After the establishment of the Khanate of Kazan (c. 1438) the icon disappeared from the historical record for more than a century.

Metropolitan Hermogenes' chronicle, written at the request of TsarFeodor in 1595, describes the recovery of the icon.[1] According to this account, after a fire destroyed Kazan in 1579, the Virgin appeared to a 10-year-old girl, Matrona, revealing the location where the icon lay hidden. The girl told the archbishop about the dream but she was not taken seriously. However, on 8 July 1579, after two repetitions of the dream, the girl and her mother recovered the icon on their own, buried under a destroyed house where it had been hidden to save it from the Tatars.[2][1]

Kazan Monastery of the Theotokos where the icon was conserved until 1904, and the home of the 'Fátima image' since 2004

Other churches were built in honour of the revelation of the Virgin of Kazan, and copies of the image were displayed at the Kazan Cathedral of Moscow (constructed in the early 17th century), at Yaroslavl, and at St. Petersburg.

Russian military commanders Dmitry Pozharsky (17th century) and Mikhail Kutuzov (19th century) credited invocation of the Virgin Mary through the icon with helping the country to repel the Polish invasion of 1612, the Swedish invasion of 1709, and Napoleon's invasion of 1812. The Kazan icon achieved immense popularity, and there were nine or ten separate miracle-attributed copies of the icon around Russia.[1]

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On the night of June 29, 1904, the icon was stolen from the Kazan Convent of the Theotokos [ru] in Kazan where it had been kept for centuries (the building was later blown up by the communist authorities[citation needed]). Thieves apparently coveted the icon's gold frame, which was ornamented with many valuable jewels. Several years later, Russian police apprehended the thieves and recovered the frame. The thieves originally declared that the icon itself had been cut to pieces and burnt, although one of them eventually confessed that it was housed in a monastery in the wilds of Siberia. This one, however, was believed to be a fake, and the Russian police refused to investigate, using the logic that it would be very unlucky to venerate a fake icon as though it were authentic.[3] The Orthodox Church interpreted the disappearance of the icon as a sign of tragedies that would plague Russia after the image of the Holy Protectress of Russia had been lost. Indeed, the Russian peasantry was wont to credit all the miseries of the Revolution of 1905, as well as Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, to the desecration of her image.[3]

  • Icon of Saint Nicolas and the Venerable Gerasimus holding the icon

  • Our Lady of Kazan in Makaryev Monastery (17th century, photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky)

  • Our Lady of Kazan (1850s reproduction)

Fátima image[edit]

Our Lady of Kazan (Fátima image)
Annunciation Cathedral, Kazan (1561–62)
Procession to the site of the icon's recovery, 21 July 2015.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, there was speculation that the original icon was in fact preserved in St. Petersburg. Reportedly, an icon of Our Lady of Kazan was used in processions around Leningrad fortifications during the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944) during World War II.[4]

Another theory proposed that the Bolsheviks had sold the image abroad, although the Russian Orthodox Church did not accept such theories. The history of the stolen icon between 1917 and 1953 is unknown. In 1953 Frederick Mitchell-Hedges purchased an icon from Arthur Hillman. Although the status of the icon as the original Kazan icon remained disputed, Cyril G.E. Bunt concluded 'that it is the work of a great icon painter of the 16th century [..] the pigments and the wood of the panel are perfectly preserved as exhaustive X-ray tests have proved, and have mellowed with age', suggesting that while it was a copy of the original icon, it was nevertheless the original icon carried by Pozharski in 1612. It was exhibited at the World Trade Fair in New York in 1964-1965. On 13 September 1965, members of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima spent the night in veneration of the icon in the pavilion in New York. The Blue Army eventually bought the icon from Anna Mitchell-Hedges for US$125,000 in January 1970, and the icon was enshrined in Fátima, Portugal.

In 1993 the icon from Fátima was given to Pope John Paul II, who took it to the Vatican and had it installed in his study, where he venerated it for eleven years. In his own words, 'it has found a home with me and has accompanied my daily service to the Church with its motherly gaze'.[5] John Paul II wished to visit Moscow or Kazan to personally return the icon to the Russian Orthodox Church. When the Moscow Patriarchate rejected this plan, the Pope presented the icon to the Russian Church unconditionally in August 2004.[6] On August 26, 2004, it was exhibited for veneration on the altar of St. Peter's Basilica and then delivered to Moscow. On the next feast day of the holy icon, July 21, 2005, Patriarch Alexius II and Mintimer Shaymiev, the president of Tatarstan, placed it in the Annunciation Cathedral of the Kazan Kremlin [ru].[7]

The icon is enshrined in the Cathedral of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, part of the erstwhile Convent of the Theotokos (re-established as a monastery in 2005), on the site where the original icon of Our Lady of Kazan was found, and plans are underway to make the monastery's other buildings into an international pilgrimage centre.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abc'Mother of God of Kazan'. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ^Schroedel, Jenny; Schroedel, John (2006-08-28). The Everything Mary Book: The Life and Legacy of the Blessed Mother. Everything Books. p. 158. ISBN978-1-59337-713-7. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. ^ abAlex de Jonge, The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin, 1993, Barnes and Noble Books, 45.
  4. ^Curran, Bridget (2008). The Miracles of Mary: Everyday Encounters of Beauty and Grace. Allen & Unwin. p. 37. ISBN978-1-74175-514-5. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  5. ^'Liturgy of the Word in honour of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan - August 25, 2004'. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  6. ^Gheddo, Piero. 'John Paul delivers Our Lady of Kazan to the Russian church, July 18, 2005'. Asianews.it. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  7. ^Philip Coppens, A supernatural icon for Mother Russia, Atlantis Rising, Issue 87 (May/June 2011).

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