St Anthony the Great

St Anthony the GreatThis icon of St. Anthony the Great of Egypt in the Byzantine iconographic tradition renders the Father of monasticism with the austere dignity and radiant holiness of one who, having stripped away every attachment to the world, became a pure mirror of God. The Byzantine tradition is particularly suited to images of the great desert fathers, whose lives embodied the theological vision of the Eastern Church. An Orthodox mounted icon of St. Anthony the

one of the holiest places in Orthodox Christendom — the source of Russian monasticism and a center of saints whose relics lie incorrupt in its catacombs

The icon of the Mother of God "Three Handed" (Trojeruchitsa) bears the remarkable iconographic feature of a third hand at the bottom of the image — the silver hand placed there by St John of Damascus in thanksgiving after his right hand was miraculously restored by the Theotokos

especially for those who honor him as their patron

This mounted icon of St

depicting the Lord as the source of the uncreated light that illumines all who receive Him

This fine art print from Damascene Gallery evokes the sacred dimension of Russian royal and spiritual life in a single image

who was a monk of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra

and the bright colors of a people in joyful celebration

"Prayer" presents a scene of royal devotion — a coronation prayer — a powerful image of the Orthodox tradition's integration of faith and statecraft

this pre-20th-century icon of the Archangel Gabriel draws on the timeless formal language of the Eastern Church to portray the angelic messenger with solemnity and power

Alexis the Man of God

The Don icon's tender expressiveness is among the reasons it has been treasured in Russia since the 14th century