St. David of Thessaloniki icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. David of Thessaloniki icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint David of Thessaloniki. Commemorated December 15. In Thessaloniki David became a monk at the Monastery of Sts. Theodore and Mercurius, otherwise known as Koukouliaton Monastery, at a young age between the years 465 470. At the Monastery of Sts. Theodore and Mercurius Saint David lived a life of prayer, fasting, vigils, humility, meditation of the sacred Scripture and the cultivation of all the virtues. When the abbot of the

When the Elder was convinced that St Onuphrius had been enlightened somewhat

He has been called the Father of Fathers

He left behind him a rich literary legacy: works in defense of Christianity against paganism

and not to cut their hair

he took refuge in certain eccentricities

urging that the excavations continue

says Saint Ephraim

Commemorated November 26th

The enraged Julian subjected the saint to terrible tortures and threw the Great Martyr Artemius into prison

the Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian

he returned to Jerusalem where he became a lamp-lighter at the Sepulchre of the Lord

one of the most ancient memorials of Christian literature