Ss. Constantine and Helen icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

Ss. Constantine and Helen icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Saints Constantine and Helen (3). Copy of a contemporary icon. Commemorated May 21. The Church calls St Constantine (306 337) the Equal of the Apostles,u and historians call him the Great. He was the son o the Caesar Constantius Chlorus (305 306), who governed the lands of Gaul and Britain. His mother was St Helen, a Christian of humble birth. At this time the immense Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern halves, governed

The simple advice

Comemmorated the Sunday of the Forefathers

He fell out of favor when the Iconoclast emperor Leo III the Isaurian denounced him based on a forged letter that was supposedly in Saint John's handwriting advocating a treasonous act

The earth began to tremble

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The governor gave orders to beat the saint with rods

whose numbers filled all of the prisons

Returning from a campaign in the Black Sea region

during the All Night Vigil

and George learned from his uncle how to forgive offenses and to bear insults for God's sake

"Michael leads God's armies against Satan's forces in the Book of Revelation

Orthodox icon of Saint Syra Martyr of Persia