St Alexandra the Empress

St Alexandra the EmpressWritten by Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery, this icon of St. Alexandra the Empress presents the imperial martyr in the warm, canonical style of the Jordanville school. The Empress who gave up her crown for the cross is honored among the martyrs of the early Church, and her intercession is sought by all who bear her blessed name. An Orthodox mounted icon for any home prayer corner or as a patron icon.

This mounted icon

is the patron saint of Venice and of all who preach the Gospel with urgency and fire

are depicted in this mounted icon in the Jordanville tradition

Among those depicted are St

and a protector of those in prison and in suffering

lending this image of the holy Archangel a transcendent quality rarely matched

accompanying the nation through its greatest trials and bearing witness to God's mercy

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

A Damascene Gallery mounted icon of this solemn feast is a powerful devotional image for any home iconostasis or chapel

interior holiness

the founding fathers of the great Monastery of the Caves in Kiev

founded in the 12th century by St Sava of Serbia