St. Elesa icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Elesa icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint Elesa of the island of Kythyra. Commemorated August 1. Protector Saint of: Childbirth. Elesa, a Christian, fled to Kythera to get away from her father who was angered by her refusal to marry the man he had chosen for her. She disembarked at Melidoni, Kythera in 375 A. D. determined lead a life of a nun instead. On the way up to the mountain, she begged the Lord to open the ground at her feet so that she could hide from her

His hynographic tradition was continued by the churchly great melodists of following ages: Saints John of Damascus

Orthodox icon of Jesus Christ the Great Hierarch (2)

At the order of Maximinus

twenty-four hours a day

his teaching often evoked both tenderness and tears

when St Sabbas visited Constantinople

His life is recorded in the Bible (1 Sam/1 Kgs

he became a monk on the island of Zakynthos

Orthodox icon of Saint Callinike (Callinika

They recorded the story of the Holy Great Martyr's life

and thou holdest fast My Name

Boniface laughed and asked