St. Nikephoros the Leper

St. Nikephoros the LeperThe holy confessor Nikephoros the Leper of Chios, who transformed decades of physical suffering in the leper colony into a school of prayer and holiness, is depicted in this Byzantine icon. St Nikephoros is particularly invoked for those suffering from chronic and contagious illness, and his life remains a profound testimony to the sanctification of human suffering. A quality mounted icon from Damascene Gallery.

breaking down its gates and raising the dead

Schwartz was one of Russia's foremost historical painters

is rendered in a modern Russian iconographic style

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Anna for any home or as a patron icon

Romanos stands as one of the greatest poets of the Eastern Church

This pre-20th-century Novgorod icon of St

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His seven letters

The great Oranta type — showing the Theotokos with upraised hands and the Christ Emmanuel appearing as a medallion on her breast — is one of the most ancient and theologically profound of all Theotokos iconographic types

is depicted in this mounted icon in the modern Kievan iconographic style

interceding before the Lord on behalf of all the faithful