Ss. Myrrhbearers icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

Ss. Myrrhbearers icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of the Holy Myrrhbearers. Commemorated May 19 and the second Sunday following Pascha. Holy Myrrh bearing women Sts Mary Magdalene (July 22), Mary the wife of Clopas, Joanna (June 27), Salome, mother of the sons of Zebedee (August 3), Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus (June 4). The myrrh bearers had brought funeral spices and ointments to finish committing Christ's body to the grave. They were the first to see the empty tomb and were

and seek the heavenly Kingdom

One of the elder bishops had a vision of a radiant Man

After the Resurrection

The icon of Theotokos of Vladimir also known as Our Lady of Vladimir

The girl wept bitterly

but Tertillos sent pursuers after her

You wish to tempt me

Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (11)

he made the rounds of many desolate and solitary places

under the threat of being broken on the wheel

The indwelling of the Holy Spirit caused him to be cheerful even when he met with bitterness or grief

But several of the holy Fathers had the same vision