St. Nicholas icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:17 x 23

St. Nicholas icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:17 x 23Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (4). Copy of an Icon of 16 cent. Commemorated December 6. Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son of pious parents Theophanes and Nonna, who had vowed to dedicate him to God. As

and then accepted monastic tonsure and intensified his efforts

At a yound age she was placed in a contest for bride to Emperor Theophilus

by staying among the people until the time she accepted her calling from God and decided to leave everything worldly behind

the magnificent mystery’s doorway

Icon of the 17 cent

without malice

through Thy Son

dragged him along the ground

Orthodox icon of the Angel of the Divine Liturgy (3)

At Athens Saint Gregory was later joined by Saint Basil the Great

Saint Euthymius the Great who came from the city of Melitene in Armenia

Behind her in the icon are depicted the Prophet Moses and the Burning Bush and the Angels transferring St