"The Tabernacle" icon (2) Size:6 x 8

"The Tabernacle" icon (2) Size:6 x 8Orthodox icon of the Tabernacle (2). Copy of an icon of 12 cent. Mount Athos.

At the urging of the pagan priests of the temple of the serpent

not even near the door

received the imperial edict ordering Christians to offer sacrifice to the idols

Licinius trusted the saint but St Theodore smashed the gold and silver statues into pieces distributing the pieces to the poor

where they enshrined the relics of saints: the Prophet Zachariah

Because the man was so insistent

They broke into the sheepfold at night

The Child's scroll under-scores His lordship which extends beyond the frontiers of time and space: "Before Abraham was

and the Virgin Mary (right)

Those standing on the seven steps are the Old Testament witnesses of the manifestation of Wisdom

(The account about the Council is found under May 29)

and went off to the quiet of his own chambers