Dimensional icon is written by the time of birth of the baby to protect him by the patron saint, after whom he was named. The size of the board, on which the face of a saint is represented, usually equals the size of the child. Sometimes parents trying to preserve the spiritual and physical health of their baby want to see on the icon image of the Guardian Angel who protects a person all his life.
Usually Guardian Angel is portrayed with a cross in one hand and sword in the other, as a sign of human protection, both in spiritual and the physical world. Dimensional icon is often the gift for a child on the day of baptism remains to him the gift from the relatives and godparents as a sign of caring and love. Dimensional icon also written for adults as a sign of respect for the life , and in gratitude for the assistance to the higher powers.
Also, this wonderful gift is relevant for someone who decides to take the path of spiritual life and to accept the sacrament of baptism, no matter what age it happened.