Theotokos "Tenderness" icon(15) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

Theotokos "Tenderness" icon(15) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Tenderness" "Kardiotissa" (of the Heart). This icon is the type of the icon of Theotokos the "Sweet Kiss" but is another version of it. In this type of iconography, Christ is totally turned on the side of His Mother, His cheek is touching the cheek of Theotokos and He embraces Her with both arms

that he asked their forgiveness and permitted them to follow their chosen path

the Apostle John wrote his Gospel at Ephesus

He feared the praise of men

and the soul of the hieromartyr Haralambos followed after Him

another council was summoned (many consider it the Eighth Ecumenical Council)

and his kindness and sanctity

He never arrived at his place of exile

Michael II met young Theodora and was impressed by her beauty and her character so much that he asked her to marry him

sent her to her own spiritual Father for advice

led to great dissatisfaction among the brethren

He was the author of treatises on logic and astronomy

Because of His defense of the Truth of Orthodoxy