Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 X 5

Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 X 5Orthodox icon of The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Celebrated December 25th. Orthodox Icon of the Nativity, the child Christ and His mother are shown in a cave, surrounded by impossibly sharp, inhospitable, rocks which reflect the cruel world into which Jesus was born. Christ child is shown in a manger in a cave. In this time period animals were not sheltered in wooden barns, but in caves and recesses in the hills, and so this stable is shown in

patience and love of peace

at the Transfiguration)

commander of Thessaly and Macedonia

To complicate matters his wife died

he resettled in the small skete of Glossia

With the money the man arranged an honorable marriage for his daughter

it is good for them if they remain even as I am

but Mary stood about the entrance to the tomb and wept

fearing that her husband would hesitate on seeing the sufferings of the other martyrs

St Euthymius himself revealed to several of the monks that often he saw an angel celebrating the Holy Liturgy with him

Some say that his holy relics were transferred to France in the time of King Charles the Great (i

The Saint's body