St. Nicholas the Tsar icon Sizes in inches:8 x 11

St. Nicholas the Tsar icon Sizes in inches:8 x 11Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas Romanov, the Tsar. Contemporary icon. Commemorated July 17. Saint Nicholas, the last Russian Tsar, was born in 1868. As a child, he was very religious, guileless and free from malice. Nicholas II was crowned as Tsar in 1894, following the death of his father Tsar Alexander. He began his reign with lofty hopes for peace, urging other nations to reduce the size of their armies, and to seek the peaceful settlement of

Kephalonia and other places

hunger and thirst

Just as the soldiers tried to take hold of the Apostle Andrew

in a crypt he had prepared for himself

how could I sit on it

The Lord revealed to her that the end of her life was approaching

his love left outside of himself and outside of his village and embraced the surrounding villages

The exasperated wife said

and there were also healings of the sick and the demoniacs

In the writings of Saint Cyprian the Orthodox teaching about the Church is stated: It has its foundation upon the Lord Jesus Christ

to leave life and go to death

A crowd of people gathered in the humble cell of the leper Nikephoros