St. Aspasia icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Saint Aspasia, one of the The Forty Virgin Martyrs and Their teacher Deacon Ammoun. Commemorated September 1. One of the prophesies about the life of virginity, very prevalent in the New Testament, can be found in the 44th Psalm of David. There, Prophet David sees his distant, precious daughter, the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, and prophesies: "Virgins shall be brought to the king after her. With joy and gladness they
On his journeys the First-Called Apostle endured many sufferings and torments from pagans: they cast him out of their cities and they beat him
She loved and respected her father
She struggled and became an exemplary monk
in the eleventh century St Simeon the New Theologian (March 12) provided detailed instruction in mental activity for those praying in an outward manner
but she did not share in the heresy of her husband
but not the holy icon
along with the holy virgins
Dometian remained by the grave of his Elder for six days
St Dionysius reached a great age
the original expression on the faces of the figures and the position of the bodies of Christ and the Theotokos changed when the following strange miracle occurred
and immediately his head was turned around so that he faced backwards
while his heart was discovered incorrupt
