St. Maximus the Confessor icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

St. Maximus the Confessor icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Saint Maximos, Maximus the Confessor. Copy of a contemporary icon. Commemorated January 21. This is the Orthodox icon of Saint Maximus the Confessor who was born in Constantinople around 580 and raised in a pious Christian family. He received an excellent education, studying philosophy, grammar, and rhetoric. u00a0He held a position as the personal secretary to Heraclius has been taken as an indication that Maximus was born into

who will bring joy to the churches

assuming that the brethren loved to fast

ten virgins were burned

At Heraclea they cast St Glyceria into a red-hot furnace

Orthodox icon of Saint Demetrios the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica (4)

At the top we see the representation of the Heavenly realm and the action of the Holy Spirit also symbolized by the dove

Her pure soul was received by Christ

and because of this he is know as a protomartyr

Bishops from other sees often turned to him for advice on how to deal with various matters

painted by Nuns in Greece

with his cross and the liturgical books that he had bought from Georgia

but could not find her