The Nativity of the Lord

The Nativity of the LordThis mounted icon of the Nativity of the Lord in the Old Believer tradition presents a distinct compositional rendering of the great feast. The cave of Bethlehem, the star, the Theotokos reclining, the swaddled Infant, the ox and ass, Joseph and the Magi all the elements of the great iconographic type are rendered with the canonical depth of the pre Nikonian tradition. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

the holy parents of the Most Holy Theotokos and grandparents of our Lord Jesus Christ

is commemorated on July 17

This image of the Savior carries the distinctive character of the Yaroslavl school: a bold

painted in 1878 — one of the most beloved works of Russian landscape painting

The Old Believer tradition's reverence for canonical compositional forms gives this image of the prince-saint a solemnity befitting one who defended both his people and his faith

who presided over the golden age of Georgian Christian culture and is venerated as a holy ruler of exemplary piety and justice

This modern Russian Orthodox icon from the Jordanville tradition depicts the martyrdom of St

This Jordanville-tradition icon of St

The Moscow school rendering of the Baptist combines hierarchal solemnity with an almost unbearable inner tenderness

which has moved countless generations of the faithful to prayer

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

From the hand of Priest Paul Akmolin of the Jordanville school