St. Mark the Apostle and Evangelist icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

St. Mark the Apostle and Evangelist icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Apostle. Commemorated April 25. Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark was one of the Seventy Apostles, and a nephew of St Barnabas (June 11). He was born at Jerusalem. The house of his mother Mary adjoined the Garden of Gethsemane. As Church Tradition relates, on the night that Christ was betrayed he followed after Him, wrapped only in a linen cloth. He was seized by soldiers, and fled away naked, leaving the

St Augustine took his place

During a service in the Temple

Christians were condemned to death in the fire

if you don't I'll put you to death

“Love is the foundation of all the virtues

At that time the emperor Maximian was in Alexandria for a pagan festival

for the purchase of Holy Books (which the saint distributed to the literate)

In surprise the military commander heard a voice coming from the Cross saying

The Holy Saint John the Russian was born in Little Russia around 1690

They took the idols and threw them in a very deep part of the lake

and he did not hesitate to tell others

Sts Cosmas and Damian then came out of hiding and surrendered to the soldiers