St. George Icon (11) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 8

St. George Icon (11) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 8Orthodox Icon of Saint George Great martyr and Trophy bearer (11). Copy of 13 cent. icon from the Monastery of Vatopaidi, Mount Athos Greece. Commemorated April 23. St. George is most commonly depicted in early icons wearing the armour of a Roman soldier. After the fall of Constantinople and the association of St. George with the crusades, he is more often portrayed mounted upon a white horse. About the same time Saint George began to be associated

and he could even recite long passages from the writings of the Holy Fathers from memory

Commemorated June 25

The Lord told him that the next day Elijah would stand in His presence

or else they threatened to lay waste the city

Returning from a campaign in the Black Sea region

studying philosophy

disciples began to gather around St Savas

The holy virgin prayed fervently to the Lord Jesus Christ

not out of fear

The Book of Acts

the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep

and then was placed in a marble crypt