I very much doubt the part that mentions the priest's father's image made into an icon. Orthodox are very careful about the entire notion of icons and their meaning, much of which goes back to iconoclastic upheavals. The making of icons fits into a pretty narrow category of artistic licence, lending even more doubt as to the authenticity of this author's opinion. Perhaps a modern day version of Orthodox priest and icon painter Sergei Gavrilov can be found among our readership to give a more accurate account of the subject.