St. Nicholas icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:17 x 24

St. Nicholas icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:17 x 24Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Copy of a contemporary Icon. Commemorated December 6. Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son of pious parents Theophanes and Nonna, who had vowed to dedicate him to God. As the

Sts Joachim and Anna vowed to dedicate the child which the Lord might give them

but filled with stinking bones

Contemporary Orthodox Christian icon of Jesus Christ as The Great Hierarch

St Gerasimus is commemorated on August 16th

to prepare the people by his preaching to accept the Savior of the world

the sisters gave thanks to the Lord for their crowns of martyrdom

Mary Magdalene

directing her companions to close the entrance to the cave with a large stone

Protector of the drivers

Realizing that they would be taken before the emperor

"Welcome the sailor who brings fruit to you today and eat it with joy

succeeding Saint Palladius (July 7)