10 Virgins icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 x 8

10 Virgins icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 x 8Orthodox icon of the Parable of the 10 Virgins. Commemorated on Holy Tuesday. "Behold the bridegroom comes at midnight: blessed is the servant whom he shall find awake. But he whom he shall find neglectful is verily unworthy. Beware, therefore, O my soul, that you do not fall into a deep slumber and be delivered to death and locked out of the kingdom. Watch instead and cry aloud: Holy, holy, holy art thou, O God, through the protection of the heavenly

he awaited the coming of the Messiah

three hours and seeing she was not being boiled

At 65 years of age

Seeing that hunger caused St

the Crucifixion

hid himself in a village not far from Nicomedia at the request of his flock

because of the softness of the features

That Thou hast permitted me to be alive at such a time

Before God

Saint Markella lived in the village of Volissos

and by his letters to the holy emperors Theodosius II (408-450) and Marcian (450-457)

St Sisoes attained to sublime spiritual purity and he was granted the gift of wonderworking