St Ambrose of Optina

St Ambrose of OptinaWritten by Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery, this icon of St. Ambrose of Optina renders the beloved Elder in the warm, canonical style of the Jordanville school. Elder Ambrose's gifts of discernment, healing, and pastoral wisdom made him the spiritual father of an entire generation of Russian Orthodox Christians, and his intercession is sought to this day by countless faithful. An Orthodox mounted icon of St. Ambrose of Optina a

' This angel's promise reverberates through this icon

'Christ the Ancient of Days' is a profound and rare iconographic type depicting Our Lord according to the vision of the Prophet Daniel — the eternal

The Mother of God of Vladimir is depicted in this mounted icon in the Old Believer iconographic tradition

Irene the Great Martyr

The Umilenie or Eleusa type — in which the Christ Child rests his cheek against his Mother's — is the most intimate and tender of all Theotokos iconographic expressions

This mounted icon of St Theophan the Recluse in the Lavra tradition honors the great bishop-hermit whose prolific spiritual writings guided innumerable souls through the labyrinth of interior life

who fearlessly proclaimed truth before earthly power

An Orthodox mounted icon for those who honor this great defender of the Faith

St Peter the Aleut

Peter and Paul

stands as a model of apostolic courage and tender piety

and between the Theotokos and each soul