Sts Vladimir and Olga

Sts Vladimir and OlgaSts Vladimir and Olga, Equal to the Apostles and the two great baptizers of Russia, are depicted together in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition. St Olga, grandmother of St Vladimir, was the first Russian ruler to embrace the Christian faith; her grandson completed the Christianization of the nation when he baptized all of Kievan Rus' in 988. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

whose Mandylion compositions are among the most beloved in the Russian tradition

John the Warrior from Damascene Gallery

John's writings

Ephrem the Syrian — deacon

Archbishop John's witness to the power of prayer and the reality of sainthood in our own time makes his icon a powerful presence in any home or chapel

Attributed to Dionysius — the great master who succeeded Andrei Rublev as the preeminent iconographer of medieval Russia — this 14th-century Moscow school icon of the Archangel Michael is an extraordinary work of sacred art

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Available from Damascene Gallery for home or chapel use

and He was afflicted

The composition's delicate gold detail work and devotional intensity offer a medieval Western perspective on the great feast commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into the Holy City on Palm Sunday

This mounted icon pairs the Most Holy Theotokos with St Sergius of Radonezh — the great abbot to whom the Theotokos herself is said to have appeared at the Trinity Lavra

Innocent is a foundational figure in the story of Orthodoxy's eastward mission