St. Seraphim of Sarov icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Seraphim of Sarov icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Icon of Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov with scenes of his life. Commemorated January 2nd. Saint Seraphim of Sarov, born on July 19, 1754 in Kursk. From his childhood he loved to attend church services and to read both the Holy Scripture and the Lives of the Saints. At one point he fell critically ill. In a dream he saw the Mother of God promising to visit and heal him. Soon there came by his home a church procession with the Kursk Root Icon of the

The Council was convened for determining the precise dogmatic formulae of the Orthodox Church concerning the nature of the God-Man Jesus Christ

When the emperors began the fiercest persecution against Christians in history

occupying himself with handicrafts and prayer

After the death of the Apostle Paul

yet they never diminish

for she would keep them on the narrow way which leads to life (Matthew 7:14)

on the initiative of St Gregory

Everything worldly is dust and ashes

Irene's relatives met her with great ceremony

and in the year 397 with the death of Archbishop Nectarius of Constantinople

double-edged sword

May God rebuke you and not allow you to leave these premises