Archangel Gabriel icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

Archangel Gabriel icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Archangel Gabriel (1). Commemorated: March 26 and July 13. Gabriel, the holy Archistrategos (Leader of the Heavenly Hosts), is a faithful servant of the Almighty God. He announced the future Incarnation of the Son of God to those of the Old Testament; he inspired the Prophet Moses to write the Pentateuch (first five books of the Old Testament), he announced the coming tribulations of the Chosen People to the Prophet Daniel (Dan. 8:

Scholars believe that it expresses deeper humanity and emotionality than that typical of contemporary Byzantine religious art

the martyrs are commemorated in the dismissal at the end of Church services as the holy

Valentine never remarried

as can be plainly seen from his Funeral Oration on Saint Basil (Orat

but St Melania said that it was not God's will that they should go directly to their destination

he immediately put it into action

Another important event in Valentine's life was the marriage to his wife Anna

where she died on February 19

Everyone was certain that St George would offer sacrifice to the gods

and in the year 397 with the death of Archbishop Nectarius of Constantinople

Many then came to believe in the Life-Creating God of the Christians

Henceforth