Antique Russian icon of ST. John the Baptist 19th century

Antique Russian icon of ST. John the Baptist 19th centuryIcon description . the Baptist John, thus came to be called the Forerunner of Christ, a star compared to Christ, the Sun of Righteousness. Our Lord Himself called him the greatest born of women. Thus in the Church he has become the particular patron of monks and is called an earthly angel and a heavenly man. This is why in icons which portray him, he is shown as having wings. These are not of course physical wings, they are the spiritual wings of the

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He opens up a new way and answers in a new way the old question which people have posed from ancient times and which I gave at the beginning of this sermon: ‘What is the purpose of life

MOSCOW 1895

of one who prays unceasingly

LATE 19TH CENTURY

but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on

He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins

The Gospel text open to John 13:34 and rendered in champleve enamel

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they are the spiritual wings of the dove

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That is why he appears at the beginning of the Gospels