St. Helen Equal to Apostles icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 x 11

St. Helen Equal to Apostles icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 x 11Orthodox icon of Saint Helen, Equal to Apostles. Copy of a contemporary icon. Commemorated May 21. Saint Helen was the mother of St Contantine the Great, and was probably born at Drepanum (Helenopolis) in Asia Minor to parents of humble means. She married Constantius Chlorus, and their son Constantine was born in 274. Constantius divorced her in 294 in order to further his political ambition by marrying a woman of noble rank. After he became emperor,

Nicodemus was tonsured to the Great Schema

During the ninth ode of the canon (the Magnificat)

The supporters of Ignatios then used every means to oppose and discredit the new hierarch

Commemorated October 17

St John the Baptist

wanderers and the sick

lighting a candle before them

a tooth found in the coffin was judged to be consistent with the DNA of Syrians living near the area of Antioch dating from 72-416 A

in the name of the Most Holy Theotokos

Eventually she decided that she would become a nun and was tonsured

made flesh and therefore visible to us in the person of Christ Jesus our redeemer

He gave his consent