St. Paul the Apostle icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Paul the Apostle icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of the Holy Glorious and All Praised Leader of the Apostles, Paul Copy of an con from the 14th cent. Commemorated June 29th. St Paul was of the tribe of Benjamin, and lived in Tarsus in Cilicia. vHe was also a Pharisee and a tent maker (Acts 18: 3) who had studied the Law with Gamaliel at Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul, formerly Saul was an enemy of the Church and transformed by God became the leader of the Apostles vSt Paul preached the

having in hand a red-hot coal

angels wait invisibly to receive the newly baptized Christ and clothe Him

Even before the death of St Theophano in 893 or 894

u00a0Deacon Ammoun was hanged

Maximian gave orders to lock up the confessor in prison

he refused to transfer him and continued his work indifferently

Preaching in the remote areas of Albania

After Constantine became the sole ruler of the Western Roman Empire

on the day of the martyric death of St Febronia

the Hieromartyr priests Hermolaus

He tried a second time and a third

watching him