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St. Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of all Russia. |
Dimensions 11 X 14 in.
Description: egg-tempera on wood, 24 Kt. gold leaf.
Commission for St. Jonah's Orthodox Mission in Alpine, TX.
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St. Basil |
Dimensions 121/2 x 17"
Egg-tempera, 24 Kt. gold leaf.
Commission for St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, San Antonio, TX. |
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St. Haralambos |
Dimensions 121/2 x 17"
Egg-tempera, 24 Kt. gold leaf.
Commission for St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, San Antonio, TX. |
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St. John the Forerunner |
Dimensions 121/2 x 17"
Egg-tempera, 24 Kt. gold leaf.
Commission for St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, San Antonio, TX. |
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St. John the Forerunner |
Dimensions 241/2 x11"
Egg-tempera, 24 Kt. gold leaf.
Icons written for exhibit "Divine Dimensions" opening during the 2009 Canterbury Festival, Kent, U.K. The exhibit consists of an entire icon screen with three tiers of icons written by iconographers from all over the world in different styles and techniques. |
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Holy Prophet Elias
(private commission) |
| Dimensions: 91/2 x 121/2" |
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St. John the Wonder-worker, Bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
(commissioned by St. Peter in Chains Antiochian Orthodox Church, Madison, Mississippi) |
| Dimensions: 91/2 x 121/2" with relic box. |
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Saint Peter in Chains
(commissioned by St. Peter Antiochian Orthodox Church, Jackson,
Mississippi) |
| Dimensions: 91/2 x 121/2" |
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St. Isaak the Syrian |
| St. Isaak was born in the 7th. cty. in Syria. He entered
a monastery while still young where he gain considerable knowledge and became
known as a great teacher. He was ordained Bishop of Ninevah but requested
to step down after a short time. He retired then the wilderness in the south
of Syria living a solitary and ascetic life for many years. He left
us with many works on the spiritual life, asceticism, prayer and silence. |
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St. Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn
(commissioned icon for St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church, Austin, Texas)
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| St. Raphael Hawaweeny was born in 1860 in Damascus, Syria.
He began his studies in Damascus, then received a scholarship to study in
Antioch, received his Theological degree from the School of Theology at
Halki, and undertook advanced studies at the Theological Academy in Kiev.
He was ordained to the priesthood while in Russia. In 1895, under the jurisdiction
of the Church in Russia, he was sent to New York city to minister to the
Orthodox Christian Arabs who had immigrated to the United States.
This was the beginning of a fruitful ministry that took him all across the
country and even as far as Mexico, performing many marriages and baptisms
for all the Arab Christians who didn't have Orthodox places of worship in
their adopted land. In 1904, on the third Sunday of Lent, he became
the first Orthodox Bishop to be consecrated in America, at St. Nicholas
Cathedral in NY City. The service was performed by Bishop Tikhon (who
later became a Saint) and Bishop Innocent. He fell asleep in the Lord
in 1915, due to heart ailments. |
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Holy Rachel |
Dimensions:
7 x 9"
Holy Rachel was the wife of
Jacob and mother of Joseph (who was sold to slavery by his brothers) and
mother of Benjamin. |
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St. James the Brother of the Lord
(commissioned icon by St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church, Austin, Texas)
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| St. James, whom the Early Church describes as brother or
kinsman of Our Lord, was the first Bishop of Jerusalem. St. James
presided over the Council of Jerusalem in 62 A.D. He was martyred
by being thrown off the walls of the temple and then clubbed to death, for
his belief in Jesus as the Messiah and his service to His church.
His memory is celebrated on October 23rd. |
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St. Luke the Evangelist
(commissioned by St. Lakes Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia.) |
| St. Luke, as is well known, was one of the 4 Evangelists
but he was also the first iconographer. He painted three icons of the Theotokos
and Jesus and presented them to the her. She blessed them saying, may that
the Grace of Jesus Christ and her mercy be with those icons. |
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St. John the Forerunner |
St. John was the son of the Hebrew priest Zacharias and his elderly wife Elizabeth. Arch. Gabriel announced his birth to Zacharias who at first did not believe his wife could conceive a son at her age. Thus he was struck dumb by the Archangel until the day of St. John's circumcision when he wrote on a tablet that the name of the child would be John just as the Archangel had instructed him to do. Later, when Herod when ordered the massacre of the infants in Jerusalem, Elizabeth hid John in a cave in the wilderness and for this Herod killed Zacharias. According to Church Tradition, shortly thereafter Elizabeth died too leaving St. John to be raised by the Angels in the wilderness. He is called John The Baptist or the Forerunner of Christ because he prepared the people of Israel for the coming of the Messiah. He preached repentance to those that came to hear him in the wilderness. Upon his death by decapitation he also brought the news of the coming of the Messiah to those in Hades in anticipation of Christ breaking the gates of Hades after his suffering on the Cross and before His Glorious Resurrection. |
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Saint John the Baptist |
| Also known as St. John the Forerunner, he is represented here with his camel hair raiment and a robe in the colors of the old testament figures. |
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Prophet Elias
(donated to St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church, Austin, TX) |
| One of the great prophets of the Old Testament, St. Elias appeared with Moses on Mt. Tabor to Jesus, and was taken up to Heaven still alive on a fiery chariot. He is expected again at the end of times. During his life, he fought against idolatry by challenging the priests of King Ahab and his wife Jezebel to pray to their god Baal to send down fire from above. They prayed and nothing happened. But when St. Elias prayed, God sent fire down from Heaven. This made the people believe and they killed the false priests. St. Elias had also prayed so no rain would fall for 3 years and 6 months because people had turned from God. After they corrected their wrong belief, he call down the rain. He is known to have had power over elements of nature, such as fire and water. In this icon we see the raven, a bird of prey which usually competes for its food, doing something that is against its nature. It is bringing food to the prophet while he was living in the dessert. The prototype is a 16th cty. Russian icon.
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St. Helen |
Dimensions:
11 x 14"
St. Helen was born of pagan
parents in the year 255 A.D. She was the mother of the Emperor Constantine
the I. She is credited for finding the True Cross while supervising
the building of a Church atop Golgotha. This event is celebrated
in the Orthodox Church on Sept. 14 with the feast day of The Elevation
of the Cross. There is also another feast of the Veneration of the Precious
and Life Giving Cross on the third Sunday of Lent. St. Helen lived her
live in simplicity performing many works of charity for the poor. She
died in the year 333 A.D. |
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St. John the Baptist |
| St. John the Baptist or the forerunner of Christ is represented again with his raiment of camel's hair and a scroll in his hand biding us to prepare the way of the Lord. |
Dimensions: 91/2 x 121/2"
Icon is available for sale. Email Irene@iconarts.com for more information.
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St. George and the dragon |
St. George was a Tribune in the Roman army who, as legend has it, saved in the name of Christ the princess Cleodolinda from the dragon that was terrorizing the town of Selene. He was later decapitated because of his faith. The slaying of the dragon in the water represents the triumph over the temptations of the ego.
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Holy Prophet King David |
| King David was born the eighth son of Jesse in Bethlehem. He conquered the giant Goliath of Geth with the help of God and became a great warrior. He was persecuted by King Saul and lived in exile but he returned to become the second King of Israel. He had six sons and later committed adultery with Bethsabee. After his repentance for this sin another son was born to him , Solomon, who was to succeed him to the throne . The manner in which David accepted the penalties for his sins made him a model for all penitents. To David are also attributed most of the Psalms in the Bible some of which are prophetic and Messianic in character. He is largely responsible for the development and organization of religious worship. (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. IV) |
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Saint Leo The Great, Bishop of Rome
(commissioned icon) |
St. Leo I, was Bishop of Rome from the years 440 to 461 A.D.
He is most famous for his letter on the two natures of Christ which was used to refute the heresy of the Eutyches in 451 A.D. at the Council of Chalcedon. St. Leo is considered a Doctor of the Church. He is also known for having single-handedly prevented Attila the Hun from invading Rome. |
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