Ezekiel the Prophet icon (2) Sizes in inches:4.5 x 8

Ezekiel the Prophet icon (2) Sizes in inches:4.5 x 8Orthodox icon of Ezekiel the Prophet icon. Icon of 12 cent. Mount Athos. Notice: the sizes of the icon are not exact. Commemorated July 23 The Prophet Ezekiel ("God is strong") was the son of Buzi and a priest by rank. He was taken captive and brought to Babylon during the reign of Jechonias. In the fifth year of this captivity, about 594 or 593 B. C., he began to prophesy. Having prophesied for about twenty eight years, he was murdered, it is said,

and they led her out of the prison

the holy Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord

" When the disciple asked the visiting monk to write the words of the new hymn down

St Flavian had suffered for Orthodoxy under the Robber Council of Ephesus in the year 449

The spring which came forth after this event is said to have special healing powers

the extreme freedom with which the artist paints the throne of Theotokos

For it was no migration through space

Orthodox icon of Saint Phoebe the Deaconess

He was so impressed that on the 26th of July 1927

privations

as a Pillar of Orthodoxy

He appeared strict