Christ and the children Icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

Christ and the children Icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of our SaviorJesus Christ and the children (2). A popular icon for children, parents, and schools. Christ rebuked the disciples for preventing the little children from coming to Him."And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. But Jesus called for them, saying, "Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God

which later produced such famous Fathers and teachers of the Church as Clement of Alexandria

the one God in three persons: Father

then died on January 20

A court was convened composed of hierarchs who had been justly condemned by Chrysostom: Theophilus of Alexandria

After the death of Maximinus in 311 the mother and daughter arrived in Nicomedia

"O divine offspring of my womb

she went about secretly to the dwellings of the poor and the prisons where the Martyrs of Christ were

Due to health reasons and the political situation in Palestine which made life unsafe

She ran to the place where the Lord's Body lay

the Bishop of Antioch

Today is the beginning of our salvation

he thought that it would not be good to return to his monastery