Theotokos "Platytera" icon (4) Size:3 x 5

Theotokos "Platytera" icon (4) Size:3 x 5Orthodox icon of our Most Holy and Ever Virgin Theotokos "Platytera"(4). Copy of an icon of 14 cent. Mount Athos.

he was at one time a teacher of rhetoric

but on the way he fell down and died

and St John began to instruct him

when he saw much pain and repression by the Turks

Filled with despair

Many miracles took place through the prayers of St Savas: at the Lavra a spring of water welled up

but gathering his final strength

Orthodox icon of Saint Mark the Apostle and Evangelist (2)

on the borders of Cilicia and Armenia

In his letter to the flock

Among the brightest blossoms of Cephalonia's garden is St

feeling his natural inclination as well as the influence from the character of the Great Ascetic St Gerasimos and his neighbor St