Archangel Gabriel icon (9) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

Archangel Gabriel icon (9) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Archangel Gabriel, St Catherine Monastery, Sinai Egypt, 13th cent. Gabriel, the holy Archistrategos (Leader of the Heavenly Hosts), is a faithful servant of the Almighty God. He announced the future Incarnation of the Son of God to those of the Old Testament; he inspired the Prophet Moses to write the Pentateuch (first five books of the Old Testament), he announced the coming tribulations of the Chosen People to the Prophet Daniel

and in his proficiency with questions of faith he was like an Elder

many hours

St George said

The governor then spat in the face of the saint

with certain Iconoclastic bishops

let them fall under the swore of the pirates and be punished as they deserve

during the third watch of the night

Orthodox icon of Saint Philoumenos the HieroMartyr

The Lord preserved him unharmed

and to guard her purity

and her soul was filled with joy and love for Christ

Later another king beheaded her and she went to Paradise to rejoice forever