St. Salome the Myrrhbearer icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Salome the Myrrhbearer icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint. Salome the Myrrh bearer. Commemorated August 3. This is the Orthodox icon of Saint Salome who was the daughter of St. Joseph the Betrothed and his first wife (who was also named Salome). THe Theotokos would have been her stepmother. She married Zebedee who was a fisherman and became mother of the disciples James and John. She was probably a widow at the time of the Crucifixion of Christ as Zebedee is no longer mentioned. She is

He appeared to the Priest Zachariah

His principal works are three writings against iconoclasm

Who says to the Angel [that is

At the crypt of St Basiliscus (May 22)

She watched as they covered over the entrance to the cave with a large stone

Equal of the Apostles

and that he be executed for his insult to the empress

his comeliness vanished

Princess of Kiev icon

and raised the dead

When he was done reading

which shattered into pieces with many pagans standing nearby