Ss. Constantine and Helen icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:12 x 18

Ss. Constantine and Helen icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:12 x 18Contemporary orthodox icon of Saints Constantine and Helen (2) Commemorated May 21. The Church calls St Constantine (306 337) the Equal of the Apostles,u and historians call him the Great. He was the son o the Caesar Constantius Chlorus (305 306), who governed the lands of Gaul and Britain. His mother was St Helen, a Christian of humble birth. At this time the immense Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern halves, governed by two

The case is shown every year on 11th March around the city

and was made a confidant to King Nebuchadnezzar

St Mark was at Ephesus

Servant of God (1)

appeared before Diocletian with two thousand soldiers

Because of this

Few years after

By contrast

but his spiritual homeland was the Orthodox East

He was well educated

Orthodox Icon of St

he caught and handed her over to the prefect of the city