The Descent of the Holy Spirit, Holy Pentecost

The Descent of the Holy Spirit, Holy PentecostThis mounted icon of Holy Pentecost depicts the descent of the Holy Spirit as the transforming event that sent the Apostles out to all nations the moment when Christ's promise was fulfilled and the Church received the power to be the pillar and ground of truth. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery for the prayer corner or the feast day celebration.

A prince who became a monk

A quality mounted icon from Damascene Gallery — suitable for personal veneration

Their willingness to follow Christ in the way of the Cross rather than seek political power has made them enduring models of Christian humility and sacrifice in the Russian tradition

who bore the divine Physician in her womb

Among the many martyrs of the early Church who have been glorified

The Mother of God "Iveron" is depicted in this mounted icon honoring the miraculous Portaitissa of Mount Athos — the Keeper of the Gate of the Iviron Monastery

and the victory hidden beneath apparent defeat

The Nativity of the Mother of God is depicted in this mounted icon in the Old Believer iconographic tradition

Ephraim of Nea Makri — a 15th-century Greek monk martyred by Ottoman soldiers and whose relics were rediscovered in 1950 with accompanying healings and visions — is among the most beloved of modern Greek saints

The icon of the Mother of God "Of the Don" — credited with the miraculous defense of Moscow from the Tatars at Kulikovo in 1380 and again in 1591 — is depicted in this mounted icon

and joy on December 25

venerated by faithful across the Russian Orthodox world