St Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow

St Alexis, Metropolitan of MoscowWritten by Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery, this icon of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow presents the great 14th century hierarch in the warm, canonical style of the Jordanville school. St. Alexis healer, statesman, and holy bishop is commemorated on February 12 and October 5. An Orthodox mounted icon of St. Alexis Metropolitan for any home or parish that venerates the great hierarchs of the Russian Church.

ideal for a home iconostasis

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