St. Simon the Myrrh-gusher icon (2) Sizes in inches:3 x 5

St. Simon the Myrrh-gusher icon (2) Sizes in inches:3 x 5Orthodox icon of Saint. Simon the Myrrh streamer, or Myrrh gusher (2), the founder of Simonopetra Monastery. Contemporary icon Commemorated on December 28 "On December 28, shortly after the Feast of the Nativity, the Church celebrates the memory of St. Simon the Myrrh gusher through whom the Lord wrought great wonders. A star, like that which led the Magi to Bethlehem, miraculously revealed to the saint the site upon which, by divine command, he was

Every time he used his gift of discernment

Panteleimon was treating Christian prisoners

like a loving son

Since that time it has been known as Simonopetra

and stayed until the end of the Liturgy

" Matthew 28:19

the Bishop of Antioch

Palermo) or perhaps Catania of Sicily

the original expression on the faces of the figures and the position of the bodies of Christ and the Theotokos changed when the following strange miracle occurred

St Euthymius himself revealed to several of the monks that often he saw an angel celebrating the Holy Liturgy with him

Saint Jerome of Stridonium was born into a Christian family in the city of Stridonium located on the border between Dalmatia and Pannonia

b"You cannot be too gentle