Holy Trinity icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

Holy Trinity icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of the Holy Trinity, also know as the Hospitality of Abraham, Philoxenia of Abraham (4). Contemporary icon. Commemorated on Pentecost Day, 50 days after Resurrection. On the book of Genesis 18: 1 15 says the story that is commonly known as the Hospitality of Abraham. In this story, three angels appear to Abraham and Sarah. They treat their three visitors with great reverence, and prepare a meal for them. You have probably seen an icon of

With tears and fervour he besought God to spare him

for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these

at the persistent urging of his flock

Christ is shown in the center of the icon standing up and staring at us

the Father of Egyptian monasticism

who was from Panormus (that is

so we do not know if the Monks brought with them the icon or the icon was made there or the reason why they painted this icon

The icon became known when a lame and suffering man heard a voice telling him to go to the church and pray before this icon

she begged the Lord to open the ground at her feet so that she could hide from her father who was in close pursuit

Ia went to the seashore to depart for Cornwall from her native Ireland along with other Sts

placing His body on the altar of the Cross

Joseph's sheaf rose up