The Mystical Supper

The Mystical SupperThis mounted icon of the Mystical Supper in the Jordanville tradition depicts the sacred gathering in which Christ said "Take, eat: this is my Body" the words that established the central sacrament of the Christian faith. The Mystical Supper icon, often placed above the royal doors in Orthodox churches, speaks of the Eucharist as the heart of all liturgical life. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

) is celebrated as the day of Slavic culture and literacy throughout the Orthodox Slavic world

This Orthodox mounted icon of St Nektarios

the first Archbishop of the independent Serbian Orthodox Church and one of the most beloved saints of the Serbian people

Known for his asceticism

direct brushwork — a style that gives the composition an almost elemental power

From the hand of Archimandrite Cyprian of Holy Trinity Monastery

His writings

the infinite gentleness

A lasting tribute from Damascene Gallery to both the holy martyr and the Jordanville iconographic school

This great feast on November 21 inaugurates the preparation of the Church toward the Nativity of Christ

This 16th-century icon of the Holy Napkin comes from the Novgorod school — one of the supreme centers of Russian medieval iconographic art

this 20th-century composition radiates the joy and wonder of God's Incarnation