"Odegetria" icon (12) Sizes in inches:6 x 8

"Odegetria" icon (12) Sizes in inches:6 x 8Orthodox icon of our Most Holy and Ever Virgin Theotokos "Odegetria" icon (12).

to abstain from wine

Concerned that his teacher had not appeared to the people for three days

astonished by her beauty

At the age of thirty

According to tradition this Orthodox icon was painted by St Luke the Evangelist when the Theotokos was still alive and she was pleased with and blessed all the icons that he made

And the saint heard their prayer

and he listened to and lovingly fulfilled the request of each person who came to him

Orthodox icon of Saints Cyprian and Justina

led by the Roman presbyter Novatian

and he gave orders to kill anyone who might confess the Name of Christ

Paul's phrase "One and the same Spirit works all these things

After an intense and long prayer he saw that the face of the Mother of God on the holy icon was radiantly bright with a smile