Holy Theophany

Holy TheophanyThis icon of the Holy Theophany in the Old Believer iconographic tradition presents the Baptism of the Lord with the strict canonical character of that ancient school. The Old Believer tradition, with its reverence for pre Nikonian forms, brings a particular solemnity to the great feast of January 6. An Orthodox mounted icon for those devoted to the Holy Theophany.

The Oranta posture of the Theotokos — arms upraised before God as she bears the Emmanuel — is one of the oldest prayer postures in Christian art and one of the most theologically resonant images in the Orthodox tradition

make them enduring models of faithful love and courageous witness

presenting the holy archbishop with the solemn authority that has made him beloved across all Orthodox traditions

Sts Cyril and Maria — a tender subject that honors not only the great abbot himself but the faithful parents who raised him

No icon can fully contain what it points toward

and was glorified as a martyr by the Russian Church Abroad in 1981

and fiery preaching of repentance made him the most celebrated priest in the Russian Empire — is depicted here by Archimandrite Cyprian of Holy Trinity Monastery

the Holy Mountain — this 19th-century icon of Christ the Savior carries the austere and deeply devotional character of those holy monasteries where icons are written in prayer and fasting

care for his men

The icon of the Mother of God 'Do Not Lament Me' — the poignant image of the Theotokos leaning over the body of her crucified Son — is among the most moving types in all of Orthodox iconography

This composition brings a rare and beautiful iconographic tradition into any home or chapel

Luke the Apostle and Evangelist honors the beloved physician-apostle with the care and devotional seriousness characteristic of Dcn