The Mother of God, "Of the Sign"

The Mother of God, "Of the Sign"The Mother of God "Of the Sign" is depicted in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition, rendered with the canonical solemnity of that school. The Oranta posture of the Theotokos arms upraised before God as she bears the Emmanuel is one of the oldest prayer postures in Christian art and one of the most theologically resonant images in the Orthodox tradition. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

called 'the Just

is the patron saint of Venice and of all who preach the Gospel with urgency and fire

a monk of the North in the tradition of Valaam's ancient forest saints

Job of Pochaev honors the great abbot and monastic father whose life of ascetic prayer and pastoral courage made him the guardian of Orthodoxy in western Ukraine

is venerated throughout the Orthodox world as a martyr

and Balthasar

Andrei Rublev — the greatest iconographer in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church

This Damascene Gallery mounted icon of the Archangel Gabriel is a wonderful choice for a home iconostasis

the Ever-Virgin Theotokos

This charming work celebrates the vitality and communal joy of Russian country life in winter

His life is a vivid testimony to the transforming power of divine grace: a dissolute man sent on a merciful errand

The first saints glorified by the Russian Church