Archangel Michael icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

Archangel Michael icon (4) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Archangel Michael, 12th cent (4). Byzantine Museum, Athens. Michael Grand Taxiarch is depicted in a formal, frontal pose, with wings open, wearing a chiton and a himation. In his right hand he holds a sceptre, while in his left he has the transparent globe of the world, with a cross on the top and the gold initials Just in the centre together with a depiction of a lion. The image of the lion on the globe, the title given to the

and then brought before the Praetor

his stature diminished

but the voice of his Guardian Angel told him to go into the desert to serve the Lord

They all came to venerate the relics

but St Melania said that it was not God's will that they should go directly to their destination

had arranged for Alexis to marry a beautiful and virtuous bride

They tried to burn her as a witch

Seeing the stone pushed away from the cave

and went into the pagan temple

the wife of Diocletian

where Satan dwelleth" (Rev

who knew him personally and wrote his life