Theotokos "Life Giving Spring" Icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 x 7

Theotokos "Life Giving Spring" Icon (1) Mounted on wood Sizes:5 x 7Icon of the Theotokos the Life Giving Spring, Zoodochos Pigi. Commemorated on Friday of the Bright Week. There once was a beautiful church in Constantinople built in the fifth century by the holy Emperor Leo the Great that was dedicated to the Mother of God. Before he was emperor, Leo walking in a wooded area met a thirsty blind man who asked Leo to help him find water. He searched for water, but was unable to find any. Suddenly, he heard a voice

Bishop of Athens

St Anthony now went into the desert alone

tell where thou hast put Him

But there was not a mark on her body

He celebrated divine services and preached sermons

The cell of Alexis was opposite his wife's windows

but an invisible power of God guarded it

She is a foolish pauper

Although we did not have organized monasticism before the fourth century

but she was not interested in any of them

The first step is renunciation of the world

and work began in July of 1833