St George and the Dragon

St George and the DragonA pre 20th century Novgorod icon of St. George and the Dragon the ancient image of the holy warrior martyr as champion of the Church against the powers of darkness. The Novgorod school, with its bold lines and saturated color, brings a striking vigor to this archetypal subject. St. George the Great Martyr and Trophy Bearer is venerated on April 23 and November 3. An Orthodox mounted icon from Damascene Gallery.

When the righteous elder Simeon received the Christ Child in the Temple and spoke his Nunc Dimittis

Paul Drozdowski in the Jordanville iconographic tradition

is one of the great spiritual fathers of the 19th-century Russian Church

whose lives embodied the theological vision of the Eastern Church

This mounted icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir presents Russia's most beloved Theotokos image in the Orthodox tradition

who befriended Peter the Great while remaining fearlessly independent of imperial pressure — is depicted here by Archimandrite Cyprian of Holy Trinity Monastery

Michael's feast day

A Damascene Gallery mounted icon in the Old Believer tradition is a distinctive and beautiful choice

The saints of the Eastern mission are among the least known and most heroic of the 20th-century Orthodox martyrs

and she died throwing a prayer of forgiveness to her murderers

The Deisis figure of Christ is of particular theological and liturgical significance

The first saints glorified by the Russian Church