Theotokos "The Burning Bush" icon (3) Sizes in inches:4 x 6

Theotokos "The Burning Bush" icon (3) Sizes in inches:4 x 6Orthodox icon of our Most Holy Theotokos " The Burning Bush" (3). Copy of icon of 16 cent. St. Catherine Monastery, Sinai. In a single scene this icon presents Mose knelling before the Burning Bush, inside which the Virgin and the Child appear, and Moses receiving the Tables of the Law on the peak of Mount Sinai. The scene is witnessed from one side by St. Catherine.

St Nilus was glorified by an abundant flow of curative myrrh

Commemorated March 18th

A certain pagan

so we do not know if the Monks brought with them the icon or the icon was made there or the reason why they painted this icon

but the saint feigned madness in order to avoid this honor

icon of 13th cent

He remained in the world for several years preparing himself for the monastic life under the Elder's guidance

Only the gods could reveal the dream and its meaning

Orthodox icon of Saint Platon

After the death of her husband Theophilus

Some say that his holy relics were transferred to France in the time of King Charles the Great (i

Orthodox icon of the First Ecumenical Council