St Symeon the God-Receiver

St Symeon the God-ReceiverSt Symeon the God Receiver, the holy elder who took the infant Christ into his arms in the Temple and blessed God with the words 'Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace,' is depicted in this pre 20th century Russian icon in the gentle soft style. His prayer the Nunc Dimittis is sung at every Vespers of the Orthodox Church. A quality mounted icon from Damascene Gallery.

and the bustle of daily life — in an era when Moscow's sacred architecture still dominated the cityscape

who bore the divine Physician in her womb

The Ecumenical Councils are the foundations of Orthodox theology

make them enduring models of faithful love and courageous witness

a parish nave

Painted by Bishop Daniel in the 20th century in the Old Believer iconographic tradition

found his home in God

Helen the Empress — Equal of the Apostles

The Mother of God of Vladimir

George and the Dragon in the Palekh tradition — the celebrated school of Russian icon-painting whose masters bring to this subject a particular exuberance of line and luminosity of color

a co-founder of the White Rose resistance movement who was executed by the Nazis in 1943 — is depicted in this icon by Dcn

Blessed Augustine of Hippo — one of the greatest theologians in the history of the Church and a towering witness to God's transforming grace — is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a saint of the undivided Church