Holy Wisdom of God icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

Holy Wisdom of God icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (1). Commemorated September 8th. The Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God (Kiev), occupies an unique place in the Russian Orthodox Church. On the icon is depicted the Theotokos, and the Hypostatic Wisdom, the Son of God incarnate of Her. In Wisdom or Sophia, ponders the Son of God, about Whom in the Proverbs of Solomon it says: Wisdom has built a house for herself, and has set up seven pillars (9: 1). These

he was tonsured a monk with the name Cosmas

and confessing his intercession for Christians before the Lord

round eyes

The child John

on the initiative of St Gregory

she acquired calluses on her fingers from the many prostrations she made

Orthodox icon of Theotokos "of The Sea"

and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters

one of the four great Old Testament prophets

the holy relic was seen at Constantinople in the Peribleptos monastery by the Russian pilgrims Stephen of Novgorod

fierce persecutors of Christians

he told them to cut off their own will