Archangel Michael icon ( 11 ) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

Archangel Michael icon ( 11 ) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Archangel Michael (11)

asked her to marry him

The Lord has seen fit to allow our generation of Christians to have martyrs of its own

nor did she desire worldly riches

The pagans threw them into prison where they were starved to death

St Glyceria was sentenced to be eaten by wild beasts

admonishing them to come to church with covered heads)

St Luke's Gospel was written in the years 62-63 at Rome

A monk under Demetrios by the name of Sergius eventually became Archbishop of Thessaloniki

struck a piece of wood with his pickaxe

But throughout his life he was never slandered-that is

Her husband turned out to be an impious and crude man

in the village of Gardinitsa in the province of Locrida