St Theodore Stratelates, the General

St Theodore Stratelates, the GeneralSt Theodore Stratelates, the Roman general who was martyred for refusing to honor the pagan gods and for destroying an idol that had terrified the people of his city, is depicted in this modern Russian icon. One of the great military martyrs of the Orthodox Church, St Theodore is venerated alongside his namesake Theodore Tyro as a patron of soldiers and a defender of the faithful. A quality mounted icon from Damascene Gallery.

His left holding the Holy Gospel

depicting the forced marriage of a young woman to an elderly man — a social critique charged with human empathy

whose warmth

John the Theologian and Evangelist depicts the beloved disciple in the solemnity appropriate to one who received the Revelation on the island of Patmos and wrote the most mystical of the four Gospels

unknown even to his own household

Alexander Nevsky — Grand Prince

The icon of the Mother of God 'Dionysiou' — venerated in the great Athonite monastery that bears this name — is depicted in this mounted icon

Andrei Rublev

remains one of the most beloved saints of the Russian Church

translating the Scriptures

The Four Evangelists — Sts Matthew

Anthony the Great