St. Eftychios icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Eftychios icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint Eutychius, Eftychios, Patriach of Constantinople. Commemorated April 6. Saint Eutychius, Archbishop of Constantinople, who was born in a village called Divine in the province of Phrygia. His father Alexander was a soldier, and his mother Synesia was the daughter of the priest Hesychius of Augustopolis. When the Fifth Ecumenical Council prepared to assemble during the reign of the holy emperor Justinian (527 565), the

The type of this icon is Theotokos Hodegetria

Recognized as an able military leader

" Although he is sometimes called Gregory of Nazianzus

Born with the name Valentine Felixovitch Voino-Yassentsky April 27

died in the year 340 at the age of 98

and where thou dwellest

the emperor gave orders to subject the saint to terrible tortures and then throw her in prison

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

Aflame with impious passion

Hearing the sentence

Several monks came from the Tharan monastery

Saint Herman used this holy water to heal the sick