St. Eleftherios icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:11 x 17

St. Eleftherios icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:11 x 17Orthodox icon of Saint Eleftherius, Eleutherius, Eleftherios, (2) Commemorated December 15 Protector Saint of: Childbirth Hieromartyr Eleutherius was the son of an illustrious Roman citizen, was raised in Christian piety by his mother, Saint Anthea. His virtue was such that at the age twenty, he had been elevated to bishop of Illyria. In the reign of the emperor Hadrian, St Eleutherius was tortured for his bold preaching about Christ, then was

Early on there burned within him the desire to leave the world and serve God

He returned to Nazianzus

where they attended High School

asked the holy virgins to take her with them when they went to bury Christians

Orthodox oblong icon of our Savior Jesus "Pantocrator" in the center and the icon of Nativity on the top and the icon of the Resurrection on the bottom

Saint Pachomius the Great was both a model of desert dwelling

Savvas was ordained a deacon and a year later he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood

dressed in his rags

In Alexandria

St Xanthippe and her husband Probus accepted Christianity

his body lay in the church

he helped reorganize it