St Emmelia

St EmmeliaSt. Emmelia, the holy mother of St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. Peter of Sebaste and through her daughter Macrina the spiritual grandmother of a monastic tradition is venerated as one of the greatest mothers in all of Orthodox hagiography. This modern Russian icon honors a woman whose faithfulness to Christ bore fruit beyond anything she could have imagined. A quality orthodox icon from Damascene Gallery. An Orthodox mounted icon of

The holy elder Symeon

lance in hand

the great pastor and wonderworker — depicted together in the Jordanville tradition

he drew disciples and established a monastic community that became a spiritual center for Novgorod for centuries

An Orthodox mounted icon of the young king-martyr from Damascene Gallery

Another pre-20th-century Russian icon of the Image Not Made by Hands

Polenov's sunlit courtyard scene

St Pitirim is venerated as a wonderworker and protector of the Tambov region

A beautiful Orthodox mounted icon of St

rendered with the canonical solemnity of that school

Nicholas of Myra in the Jordanville iconographic tradition is richly colored

Blessed Augustine of Hippo — one of the greatest theologians in the history of the Church and a towering witness to God's transforming grace — is venerated in the Orthodox Church as a saint of the undivided Church