St Romanos the Melodist

St Romanos the MelodistThis Byzantine style icon of St Romanos the Melodist presents the holy hymnographer in the canonical tradition from which his own kontakia drew their inspiration. The Syrian master of sacred poetry stands here in the gilded luminosity of Byzantine iconographic art a fitting visual pairing with the musical and liturgical legacy he left to the Church. A mounted icon from Damascene Gallery.

This modern Lavra icon honors a man whose life united the healing of bodies with the healing of souls

His counsel and prophecies remain a treasure of the Russian Church

The Bridegroom icon is appointed for the first three days of Holy Week

This mounted icon of the Mother of God 'Do Not Lament Me' depicts the Theotokos embracing the lifeless body of her Son — an image that speaks to the depths of maternal love and the abyss of grief through which the Theotokos passed for the salvation of the world

' A quality icon from Damascene Gallery

and guided the Russian Church through a period of great trial — is depicted in this 19th-century Russian icon in the Soft Style

St Paraskeva of Iconium

The icon of the Mother of God "Of the Akathist" is venerated at the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos — named for the miraculous event in which the icon is said to have moved on its own during the chanting of the Akathist hymn

making it a treasured addition to any Orthodox home or chapel

This Damascene Gallery mounted icon of the Savior carries that intention fully and faithfully

but the beginning of the new creation

the Great Martyr and Healer