St. John Chrysostom icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint John the Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople (2), Saint Sophia Church Constantinople. Commemorated November 13. Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Hierarchs [January 30], was born at Antioch in about the year 347 into the family of a military commander. His father, Secundus, died soon after the birth of his son. His mother, Anthusa, widowed at twenty years of age, did not seek to remarry
His brother St Basil the Great died in 379
and the cause of many conversions
or Virgin of Vladimir and "The Vladimir Madonna" - is one of the most venerated Orthodox icons and a typical example of Eleusa Byzantine iconography
she was a benefactress
The saint exerted much effort in enhancing the splendor of the church services: he compiled a Liturgy
he begged to be received into the monastic life
through the mercy of God would meet him there
"I am a sailor from Patinas and I joined a boat coming to this town for business
" with the Irmos of St
who showed himself only to the most worthy pilgrims
that You are the only God in all the world
Licinius ordered to have ten of the virgin martyrs burned by fire
