St Jonah of Manchuria (Hancow)

St Jonah of Manchuria (Hancow)St. Jonah of Manchuria, Bishop of Hancow a 20th century hierarch of the Russian Church who labored as a missionary in China and is venerated as a new martyr of the Chinese mission is depicted here by Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery. The saints of the Eastern mission are among the least known and most heroic of the 20th century Orthodox martyrs. An Orthodox mounted icon of St. Jonah from Damascene Gallery.

the eagle of the Evangelists

having traveled to the East to retrieve the relics of martyrs and himself receiving the crown of martyrdom in their place

a gaze that sees into the depth of the soul

Equal of the Apostles

Feast day: March 25

Ivan Kramskoy's profound 1872 painting "Christ in the Desert" depicts Christ seated alone in a barren wilderness

Mitrophan of Voronezh — the first bishop of Voronezh and one of the great Russian hierarchs of the late 17th century

the Jordanville style brings a warmth and canonical precision to this image of a saint who walked barefoot across three continents in the service of Christ

His bearing is at once majestic and gentle

A Damascene Gallery mounted icon of 'Christ the Fiery Eye' is not merely decorative — it is an invitation to live one's entire life under the loving

The Mother of God of Vladimir is depicted in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition

when the faithful invoke her with confidence for healing of every illness of body and soul