St. John the Baptist and Forerunner icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

St. John the Baptist and Forerunner icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint John the Baptist (4), copy of an icon of 16 cent, Dionysiou Monastery Mount Athos. Commemorated January 7. NOTE: the name of the store in the icon is a watermark, Your icon will NOT have it.

one on thy right hand and one on thy left

As a Bishop he preached incessantly not only about the need to live Orthodoxy but against the perils of the Living Church

They asked Zachariah (who had been rendered mute) what the child’s name was

in a moment of weakness

which gave Christians freedom of religion

Theodora was forced to withdraw and the gap between them started to grow bigger

The following years were devoted to work on new theological writings: Concerning Providence (To the Ascetic Stagirios)

Commemorated July 27

of Nafpaktos and Arta

she recovered her senses and gave orders to open the convent gates so that all would be able to come and venerate the holy martyr and glorify God Who had given her such endurance in suffering for Christ

while Father Philoumenos joined the monastic  Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and in 1979 Saint Philoumenos was appointed guardian of the Monastery of Saint Jacob's Well

just like the Apostle Paul