Samuel the Prophet icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 X 5

Samuel the Prophet icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:3 X 5Orthodox icon of Prophet Samuel, icon of 16 cent Mount Athos Monastery of Stavronikita. Commemorated August 20. The Prophet Samuel was the fifteenth and last of the Judges of Israel, living more than 1146 years before the Birth of Christ. He was descended from the Tribe of Levi, and was the son of Elkanah from Ramathaim Zophim of Mount Ephraim. He was born, having been besought from the Lord through the prayers of his mother Hannah (therefore he

Hearing this

According to saint Proclus of Constantinople

The mistress

It was a night with a full moon that lit up the countryside

the Prophet Isaiah entered into marriage with a pious prophetess (Is 8:3) and had a son Jashub (Is 8:18)

but miraculously she remained uninjured

The Most Holy Virgin tearfully prayed for Christians for a long time

and hope and salvation for the orthodox Christian

When this happened a third time

and reaches the edge of death to heal it and deify it

preaching the Word of God to pagans

Philoxenia of Abraham (5)