St. Onuphrius (Onoufrios) icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

St. Onuphrius (Onoufrios) icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox Icon of Venerable Onuphrius the Great. Commemorated June 12. The life of Saint Onuphrius shown in this icon was writen by St Paphnutius, who led an ascetical life in the Thebaid desert in Egypt. It occurred to St Paphnutius to go to the inner desert in order to see if there were a monk who labored for the Lord more than he did. once he made a jouney into the deseert and met Saint Onuphrius. St Onuphrius had lived in complete isolation in the

the most famous being the eponymous Hymn of Kassiani

when she ate

thereby making up for a deficiency that had been due to pressure of time

When he was refused

a daughter was born to them and they named her Mary

'Papa-Nicholas

Since neither flattery nor torment had any effect

A saintly hermit monk then told the brotherhood that from then on

Sts Joachim and Anna met at the Golden Gate in Jerusalem

After a short visit to Egypt

while she traps one leg and supports Him on a golden cloth

then: I am thy daughter