St. Stephen the First Martyr icon (3) Sizes in inches:6 x 8

St. Stephen the First Martyr icon (3) Sizes in inches:6 x 8Orthodox icon of Saint Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (3). Contemporary icon. Commemorated December 27. NOTE: the sizes of the icon are NOR exact. Protector Saint of : Wedding Crowns In the early days of the Church it was necessary for the Apostle to appoint certain people to assist them in caring for the widows and those in need. Those they selected were called deacons. Saint Stephen was among the first deacons ordained in the Church. The Holy

His suffering and death are recorded in the Epistle of the Christians of the Church of Smyrna to the Other Churches

bending of the knees

Seeing his good conduct

one of the Kings of the seven Kingdoms that England had at that time

even torture

St Anthony spent eighty-five years in the solitary desert

St Constantine (May 21)

the Jewish teachers threw him off the roof

Copy of an icon of late 13 cent

the monk gave orders to allow everyone into the monastery enclosure

in the Monastery of Lady Martha with the name Ypomoni (Patience)

and later he was tonsured a Monk and took the name Arsenios