The Mother of God, "Eleusa of Kykkos"

The Mother of God, "Eleusa of Kykkos"The icon of the Mother of God 'Eleusa of Kykkos' depicts the tender type of the Theotokos in which the Christ Child embraces his Mother with filial love an image of the mystery of the Incarnation rendered in the warmth of maternal and filial tenderness. This mounted icon from Damascene Gallery offers a devotional image of the Theotokos in one of the most beloved Eleusa types.

this icon is simultaneously an icon of Our Lord and an icon of the saint

is venerated as one of the great pillars of Ukrainian Orthodoxy

this icon of the great January feast renders the Theophany with depth and beauty

The great Wonderworker of Lycia is among the most beloved subjects of Orthodox iconography

this icon of the Holy Napkin renders the sacred image of the Lord's face with the gravity and devotional focus that this most ancient of iconographic subjects demands

a profound image of the mystery of the Incarnation

in the Jordanville tradition reflects the refined canonical discipline of that school

and who heard the still small voice of God on Horeb — this is the figure at the heart of this icon

the Ever-Virgin Theotokos

This icon of the Holy Napkin is after the celebrated composition of Simon Ushakov — the great 17th-century master of the Moscow Armoury school

the Jordanville style brings a concentrated devotional gravity to the image of this most venerable of fathers

whose relics are kept at Lydda (Lod) in the Holy Land