St. John the Baptist icon (SSC) Size in inches:6 X 8

St. John the Baptist icon (SSC) Size in inches:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint John the Baptist and Forerunner, made with the technique of the silkscreen on a canvas and with real gold foil.

According to the tenth-century biography

Then noises and wailing were heard from the idols

received the imperial edict ordering Christians to offer sacrifice to the idols

who from love towards him and gratitude tried to help him

and gave his hands to be bound to the presbyter and archdeacon standing near him and lowered his head

when the composite Gospel at Vespers speaks of the tombs being opened at the moment the Savior died on the Cross

When a death-bearing sickness comes to an infant and dies

u00a0He then came to believe in the true God and di his wife

he took his father's bones to Studenitsa

and my spirit could hardly endure these signs and marks of eternal majesty and heavenly power

copy of an icon of 17th century

and consecrated Patriarch of Constantinople on February 28