The Mother of God, "Tenderness", "Umilienie"

The Mother of God, "Tenderness", "Umilienie"The Mother of God "Tenderness" (Umilenie) the icon type before which St Seraphim of Sarov knelt in prayer and in whose presence he reposed in 1833 is depicted in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition. This intimate and deeply personal Theotokos type invites the faithful into the tender relationship between the Mother of God and her Son, and between the Theotokos and each soul. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

When the righteous elder Simeon received the Christ Child in the Temple and spoke his Nunc Dimittis

His feast is August 28

An icon of the Jordanville tradition from Damascene Gallery

surrounded by the heavenly powers — is one of the most majestic compositions in all of Orthodox iconography

Joseph the Betrothed presents the holy protector of the Holy Family in the celebrated Palekh miniature style — fine brushwork

The Holy Mountain of Athos

This mounted icon is a reminder that no sinner lies beyond the reach of the Mother of God's intercession and that joy can break through even in the darkest moments

Painted by Dcn

Peter the Aleut

The Presentation (Meeting) of the Lord in the Temple — celebrated on February 2/15 and one of the Twelve Great Feasts — is depicted in this mounted icon in the Old Believer tradition

St Theodore is venerated alongside his namesake Theodore Tyro as a patron of soldiers and a defender of the faithful

Alexey Savrasov's beloved 1871 painting "The Rooks Have Flown In" — in which rooks settle in birch trees against a muddy spring sky