St. John the Baptist and Forerunner icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 X 5

St. John the Baptist and Forerunner icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 X 5Orthodox icon of Saint John the Baptist. Icon of 16 cent., Dionysiou Monastery Mount Athos. Commemorated January 7. In the Orthodox Church it is customary, on the day following the Great Feasts of the Lord and the Mother of God, to remember those saints who participated directly in the sacred event. So, on the day following the Theophany of the Lord, the Church honors the one who participated directly in the Baptism of Christ, placing his own hand

who had attended him in the final fifteen years of his life

Icon with scenes of his life

With firm trust in the will of God and His help

he saw the Theotokos turned towards her right shoulder and looking at him

St Onuphrius longed to imitate their exploits

They even sent peoples to foreign lands

near the River Euphrates

Nevertheless

who was from Rome

without a trial

she founded a new monastery

Peter and John