All Saints of North America

All Saints of North AmericaWritten by Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, this quality Orthodox icon of the All Saints of North America depicts the growing company of holy men and women who have shone forth on this continent. Among those portrayed are St. Herman of Alaska, St. Tikhon of Moscow, St. Innocent the Enlightener of Alaska, St. John Maximovitch the Wonderworker, St. Juvenaly of Alaska, and St. Peter the Aleut. This Damascene

John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco in the warm Jordanville iconographic tradition presents the beloved Archbishop in a canonical rendering rooted in the Russian spiritual heritage

The scene of Christ's triumphal entry — riding on a donkey

the Archangel's composed strength and unearthly beauty are rendered with a mastery that has not been surpassed

Alexandra the Empress presents the imperial martyr in the warm

This great feast of February 2/15 commemorates the moment when the elder Simeon took the infant Christ into his arms and proclaimed him 'a light for revelation to the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel

the beloved Russian Passion-Bearers who refused to raise the sword against their murderous brother and won the eternal crown

and their death on the same day — has made them the most beloved married saints of the Russian Church

is one of the great wonder-workers of the Russian North

marking the formal autocephaly of the Russian Church — is depicted here in a pre-20th-century Russian icon

The Empress Alexandra

the Lord at center

is rendered with grace and authority