St. Christodoulos of Patmos icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4" X 6"

St. Christodoulos of Patmos icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4" X 6"Orthodox icon of Saint Christodoulos, the founder of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Patmos. Commemorated March 16th. Saint Christodoulos, who was from the region of Nicaea of Bithynia, was the son of Theodore and Anna, and was given the name John. He assumed the monastic habit in his youth and was renamed Christodoulos ("slave [or servant] of Christ" in Greek). At first, he lived the ascetical life in various places, then he received

seeking the monastic life

Commemorated November 12

but the other fellow became angry with the Patriarch and fell into greater sins

the Vladimirskaya (as the Russians call it) was a thing of legend

Each had only old clothes and a mat

who was later buried next to him

they went into Egypt and settled in the city of Tathnis

Judas or Jude the Apostle

giving all Christians the freedom to practice their religion

Orthodox icon of Saint Sosipater

Orthodox icon of Saint Peter the Apostle (2)

Orthodox icon of Jesus Christ "Extreme Humility" (2)