Elijah the Prophet icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

Elijah the Prophet icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox Icon of the Prophet Elijah, Elias, Helias, copy of a 14th cent icon at Protaton Karies Mount Athos. Commemorated July 20th. The sizes of this icon are approximate, because of the shape. The Holy Prophet Elijah is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God. St Epiphanius of Cyprus gives

Patriarch of Alexandria

the Jewish elders threw the Prophet Jeremiah into a pit filled with horrid

in the desert

and He restored his sight

and finally

The murderers searched everywhere for John

Saint Peter the Aleoutian

was found by the priest Mark and buried near the village of Kolikontasi at the monastery of the Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos

and deprivation of many of the essentials of life

both are among the Saints

He fasted strictly and ate very little food

The beauty of the maiden captivated the emperor