Annunciation

AnnunciationPainted by Hieromonk Andrei Erastov of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, this quality Orthodox icon of the Annunciation is a fine example of contemporary Russian iconographic practice at its best. Hieromonk Andrei's icons are prized for their careful adherence to canonical prototypes and the warmth of their coloring. Hang this Damascene Gallery mounted icon in your home and let the scene of the Annunciation invite you daily to say with the

The great prophet who saw the Lord high and lifted up and heard the six-winged Seraphim cry Holy

the young virgin-martyr of Roman Hispania who endured thirteen torments before her martyrdom at the age of thirteen

The scene is one of the most dramatic in all of Scripture and one of the most beloved in the Russian iconographic tradition

Seek his ever-ready intercession through this quality Orthodox mounted icon from Damascene Gallery

the holy elder who took the infant Christ into his arms in the Temple and blessed God with the words 'Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace

Barbara the Great Martyr of Heliopolis — who came to faith in the Holy Trinity through contemplating the three windows of her tower-prison and was martyred by her own father — is one of the most beloved of the early Christian martyrs

who presided over the golden age of Georgian Christian culture and is venerated as a holy ruler of exemplary piety and justice

Dobrynya Nikitich

presents the holy physician-apostle with his characteristic attribute — the Gospel book — in a posture of quiet authority

founded the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent and gave her life in devoted service to the poor before being cast into a mine shaft by the Bolsheviks in 1918

Sts Peter and Febronia of Murom

translating the Scriptures