Christ, "The Holy Napkin"

Christ, "The Holy Napkin"This contemporary icon of the Holy Napkin, painted in the modern American iconographic tradition, brings the Image Not Made by Hands into the devotional life of the Orthodox Church in the New World. The ancient image of the Lord's face on cloth transcends every cultural context in which it is expressed, speaking directly to the soul of every generation and nation. An Orthodox mounted icon of the Mandylion for any home or mission chapel.

The icon of the Mother of God 'It is Truly Meet' — the Axion Estin icon venerated on Mount Athos

The descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ as He rises from the water

Anna's long years of prayer and her joyful reception of the gift of a daughter who would bear the Son of God make her one of the most beloved saints of the Orthodox Church

' John fell silent

and St Basil the Blessed

when the Church turns from the joy of the Nativity to glorify the one whose obedience made it possible

The Mandylion — the Image Not Made by Hands — has been the object of the Church's deepest veneration since the earliest centuries

This Damascene Gallery mounted icon of the Savior carries that intention fully and faithfully

This pre-20th-century icon in the Byzantine-Athonite tradition carries the deep contemplative character of that holy mountain

Bishop of Ryazan and Murom

the founders of the great Valaam Monastery on the islands of Lake Ladoga

and all who stand against evil — available as a beautifully mounted Orthodox icon from Damascene Gallery