St. Catherine icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

St. Catherine icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Saint Katherine of Alexandria the Great Martyr. Commemorated November 25th. This icon is from the iconostasis of the Katholikon, (the main church of the Monastery) and she is holding the Cross of a Martyr, the wheel on which she was tortured, and a palm branch symbolizing victory. At her feet are books, geographical tools, etc. which symbolize her great wisdom and learning. Behind her in the icon are depicted the Prophet Moses and the

To the heights

After Pentecost

Thursday evening the Pope was serving Vigil in the Church of St Peter

But all the rest of the peaceful day the women gathered spices to go to the Grave of the Lord at dawn on Sunday and anoint His Body according to the custom of the Jews

St George gave thanks to God and prayed that he would also end his life in a worthy manner

St Euthymius called the steward and ordered him to feed the pilgrims

The old slippers are cut up

It was her mother who instructed her in the Faith of Christ

appointed a committee to investigate the relics in Padua

and with these she purchased Paradise

with tears of joy

she saw the same mysterious Woman she had seen while asleep