The icon is an expression of Romanian sacred art and represents the thirteen icons of the feasts of the Byzantine Church.  Of these, there are twelve dedicated to the main events of the earthly life of Jesus Christ (despotic feasts) and the Mother of God (theonmitoricfeasts).  In the Byzantine tradition, they are called the Great Feasts, which formed part of the festive order of the iconostasis in Byzantine churches.  The Twelve feasts surround the central panel, which depicts the Holy Trinity.  Above each scene is an inscription in Cyrillic characters in the Romanian language, indicating the event depicted.  The inscriptions are the:

• Nativity of the Mother of God
• Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple
• Annunciation
• Christmas of the Lord
• Meeting of the Lord
• Most Holy Trinity (the central scene)
• Baptism of Jesus
• Palm Sunday
• Resurrection of Jesus Christ
• Ascension of the Lord
• Synaxis of the Holy Twelve Apostles
• Transfiguration of the Lord
• Dormition of the Virgin