St. George Icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:17 x 24

St. George Icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:17 x 24Orthodox Icon of Saint George Great martyr and Trophy bearer (3). Copy of 13 cent. icon from the Monastery of Vatopaidi, Mount Athos Greece. Commemorated April 23. St. George is most commonly depicted in early icons wearing the armour of a Roman soldier. After the fall of Constantinople and the association of St. George with the crusades, he is more often portrayed mounted upon a white horse. About the same time Saint George began to be associated

Orthodox icon of Saint Irenaeus

who lived on the mountain

He is a Protector of Orthodoxy alongside Sts

Philostrates revived

and did not utter even a single groan

considering him to be unworthy since he was childless

but only the one true God

The executioners wanted to nail him to a post

But Jesus called for them

Through his prayer the heavens opened and an abundant rain fell

With the restoration of Icon veneration Saint Theophanes was returned from exile and consecrated Bishop of Nicea

Savvas the New of Kalymnos