St. Isaac the Syrian icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Isaac the Syrian icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint Isaac the Syrian, of Nineveh. Commemorated January 28. Saint Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Ninevah, lived during the sixth century. He and his brother entered the monastery of Mar Matthew near Ninevah and received the monastic tonsure. His learning, virtue, and ascetic manner of life attracted the notice of the brethren, and they proposed that he head the monastery. St Issac did not want this burden, preferring a life of silence,

The saint did not dare oppose the will of her parents

on the pattern of the Tharan Lavra

Monastery of Vatopaidi Mount Athos

Nevertheless he continued with the regime he had learnt on the Holy Mountain

which now departs unto the Lord

She traveled to Constantinople to receive Holy Baptism

they took Orestes to a resplendent pagan temple and again demanded that he worship idols

The stepmother

Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia

and where thou dwellest

St Theodore is regarded as the patron saint of soldiers

Behold Thy handmaiden Catherine