St. Nicholas icon (7) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

St. Nicholas icon (7) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Icon with scenes of his life, St Catherime Monastery, Sinai Egypt, 14 cent. Commemorated December 6. Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son of pious parents Theophanes and

The emperor promised a reward to whomever would inform on Christians to bring them to trial

Egypt and the Thebaid

the dead one emerged from it alive

urged to worship idols

The Lord promised to fulfill his request and ascended to heaven

the emperor asked if he liked his shoes

The faithful refused to be hurried

about the particular beauty of St Febronia and advised him to take her for himself

As a scientist he found the time to publish many articles including his monograph Essays on the Surgery of Pyogenic Infections published in 1934

the patriarch did not bend

Although we did not have organized monasticism before the fourth century

of Nafpaktos and Arta