Ss. Timothy and Maura the Martyrs icon Size:8 X 11

Ss. Timothy and Maura the Martyrs icon Size:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Saints Timothy and Maura the Martyrs. Commemorated May 3. Saints Timothy and Maura suffered for the faith during the persecution under the emperor Diocletian (284 305). St Timothy came from the village of Perapa (Egyptian Thebaid), and was the son of a priest named Pikolpossos. He was made a reader among the church clergy, and also a keeper and copyist of divine service books. St Timothy was denounced as a keeper of Christian books,

He kept in constant touch with the Carthaginian Christians through his epistles

but don't you feel sorry for the cow

Saint Niphon

During Holy Week he spoke of how Christ was betrayed

When a new persecution against Christians spread under the emperor Valerian (253-259)

and only when he was assured of their safety

St Theodora governed the realm wisely for fifteen years because her son Michael was a minor

Then one of the angels said

I am an iconographer and not a painter

When the monks received the Holy Mysteries

Orthodox icon of Saints Joachim and Anna

The Great Hierarch is the depiction of Jesus Christ in the pontifical vestments