St Mary of Egypt

St Mary of EgyptSt. Mary of Egypt the repentant harlot who spent forty seven years in the desert beyond the Jordan, becoming one of the greatest ascetics in all of Christian history is depicted here in a modern Russian icon. Her life, read aloud in Orthodox churches on the Fifth Thursday of Great Lent, stands as an inexhaustible testimony to the power of repentance and the boundlessness of God's mercy. An Orthodox mounted icon of St. Mary of Egypt from Damascene

This icon of the Annunciation gives equal and glorious prominence to both the Most Holy Theotokos and the Archangel Gabriel — a compositional type much beloved in the Russian tradition

Job of Pochaev — the 17th-century abbot who led Pochaev Monastery through the turbulent years of the Union and the Cossack wars

this icon of the August 6 feast renders the uncreated light of Tabor with devotional depth and canonical beauty

George the Great Martyr and Trophy-Bearer — depicted here in the standing pose rather than the equestrian scene — presenting the soldier-martyr of Lydda in the traditional military garb of a Roman officer

The Mother of God "Of the Sign" is depicted in this mounted icon in the Novgorod iconographic tradition of the 16th century

John the Theologian and Evangelist reflects that school's characteristic adherence to ancient types and deep formal reverence

This mounted icon of the Nativity of the Lord presents the birth of the Savior in the simplicity of the cave of Bethlehem

Her intercession is sought especially by scholars

The Lavra tradition

This painting

The pre-Nikonian canonical style gives this feast icon of the Theotokos a particular solemnity and historical depth

An Orthodox mounted icon for those who pray through the Lord's Passion in the privacy of their home