Jesus Chist "Extreme Humility" icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

Jesus Chist "Extreme Humility" icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of the "Extreme Humility"(1). Copy of an icon of 17 cent. Monastery of St. Stephan, Greece. Commemorated on Holy Friday. In the icon of the Extreme Humility, the nakedness of the body, the closed eyes, the open sarcophagus, the Cross, the instruments of the Passion, the wounds in the hands and the ribs and the hair down, consist the inclusion of the Holy Passion and forewarn the Resurrection. The Cross comprises the symbol of triumph of

at Chalcedon in 451

and distinguished by his profound concentration

Each of us

convened at Constantinople against the heresy of Macedonius

From her youth she loved God

fearing a sedition among the Egyptians for their beloved Archbishop

The Eastern bishops would not agree to this

In 393 he explained the Epistles to the Galatians

and later became a hieromonk

He ordered a servant to take three bags and fill one with gold

Christ is not humbled to reach a moral perfection or for His own benefit

Abba Onuphrius told him of his labors and ascetic feats