St. David of Evia, the Elder icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

St. David of Evia, the Elder icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint David the Elder of Evia. Commemorated November 1. Saint David was born between 1470 and 1480, in the village of Gardinitsa in the province of Locrida, Greece. When Saint David was fifteen years old, he left his village with the blessing of his parents and followed the hieromonk Akakios. The Patriarch not only blessed Elder Akakios, but also convened a Synod and ordained him Metropolitan of the Holy Diocese, of Nafpaktos and

Give whatever you can to help the poor in their misfortune

the infant Nicholas from the very day of his birth revealed to people the light of his future glory as a wonderworker

After Diogenes died the new governor was Vicentius

who later as Emperor was called the Apostate because he denied Christ and did all in his power to restore paganism

exalts the state of virginity: "Now concerning the things which you wrote to me

the saint decided to return to the monastery of St Theoctistus

but again quickly fell into error and gave orders to torture the saint

and he was a witness of the Theophany of the Most Holy Trinity on the day of the Savior's Baptism

when the tortures had started

and he himself was anathemized and fled to Calabria

Though young in years

and both torturers were healed through the prayers of St Haralambos