"Odegetria" icon (15) Sizes in inches:5 x 7

"Odegetria" icon (15) Sizes in inches:5 x 7Orthodox icon of our Most Holy and Ever Virgin Theotokos "Odegetria" icon (15).

having learned of Saint Gregory’s ascetic life

a Prefect of Rome

Asclepius ordered them to torture the Saint and deliver him to the executioners

were attended by representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

he became a church sacristan in the temple of Hagia Sophia

to avoid the opposition of the people

and for protection from wild beasts

by staying among the people until the time she accepted her calling from God and decided to leave everything worldly behind

was accepted and put under the spiritual guidance of the Elder Joseph

" meaning celibate

He took two candles and with great emotion he approached the icon of the Holy Mother of Bethlehem

The preachers related what God had wrought with them and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles  (Acts 14:27)