St Juliana of Lazarevo

St Juliana of LazarevoSt. Juliana of Lazarevo the 16th century noblewoman of Murom who lived a life of extraordinary charity and asceticism in the midst of the world, caring for the sick and the poor while raising a large family is one of the most beloved saints of the Russian Church. Written by Deacon Paul Drozdowski of Holy Trinity Monastery, this icon honors a lay saint whose holiness challenges every Christian to find God in the ordinary circumstances of daily life. An

This modern Russian Orthodox icon of St

An Orthodox mounted icon for those drawn to the hesychast tradition and the great monastics of Valaam

the great Archangel is depicted in a three-quarter pose with bowed head and hands folded in prayer: an image of angelic intercession of extraordinary beauty and theological depth

and one of the Three Hierarchs — is depicted here in a modern Jordanville icon

An Orthodox mounted icon for those with a particular devotion to the Mandylion

The Image Not Made by Hands — that most ancient and mysterious of all icons of Christ — is rendered here with the sobriety and reverence the classical Russian masters brought to their craft

who died with him

this icon of the Holy Theophany presents the Baptism of the Lord with the sobriety and devotional gravity characteristic of that tradition

John the Warrior — the 4th-century soldier-martyr who secretly helped Christians persecuted under Julian the Apostate and was later beheaded — is venerated in the Russian Church as a powerful intercessor

His patient endurance of Soviet persecution and his unwavering defense of the Church's freedom have secured his place among the great confessors of the 20th century

and this image is a worthy continuation of that lineage

His anathematization of those who participated in the Bolshevik terror and his steadfast pastoral governance are a permanent legacy to the Russian Orthodox Church