Ss. Sergius and Bacchus icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

Ss. Sergius and Bacchus icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Sergios and Vachos), by Theophanis the Cretan (1545), Monastery of Dionysiou Mount Athos. Commemorated October 7th. The Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Syria were appointed to high positions in the army by the emperor Maximian (284 305), who did not know that they were Christians. Envious people informed Maximian that his two trusted counsellors did not honor the pagan gods. This was considered to be a crime

schools and churches

Seeing with their own eyes the infinite might of the Christian God

fulfilling all his commands

who shone among the Apostles like the sun in the sky

Due to health reasons and the political situation in Palestine which made life unsafe

This icon presents the joy about the announcement of the coming of Christ

There he mastered the art of rhetoric and

he was tonsured a monk and given the name of Savvas

As recorded in the Acts of the Apostles (16:12-30)

the patriarch did not bend

where Satan dwelleth" (Rev

Against her will