Pius XII and St. Vladimir

So lately I've been doing the ebay thing. Most of the time I get outbid, which most of the time is ok with me. I want to buy stuff, but generally not for too much, so if someone wants to pay more than me God bless them (well thats not usually what I'm thinking when I'm outbid but thats how I try to look at it).

Ebay has a lot of Catholic stuff out there. Some of it is sad to see like old things from a church being sold off or relics, but there are also a lot of medals on there. I bought one of Pius XII (I put a bid on another one a little while ago, we'll have to see if I win or not). This is the one I already have though.



Then to my surprise I actually found something for my Dad. He's coming into the church tomorrow night at the Easter Vigil mass. He chose as his name Vladimir, which not surprisingly cuts down on the gift opportunities with that name. But I found this a week ago. Its a St. Vladimir icon. It came with a little card in the back, but its all in Russian so I haven't a clue what it says. But either way I'm glad I was able to get it on ebay.