St. Christodoulos of Patmos icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Christodoulos of Patmos icon Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint Christodoulos, the founder of the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian in Patmos. Commemorated March 16th. Saint Christodoulos, who was from the region of Nicaea of Bithynia, was the son of Theodore and Anna, and was given the name John. He assumed the monastic habit in his youth and was renamed Christodoulos ("slave [or servant] of Christ" in Greek). At first, he lived the ascetical life in various places, then he received

His clothes are depicted white as light as the Gospel writers describe

the Holy Spirit is my protection

On the day that St John of the Ladder (March 30) was installed as abbot of Mt

The girl implored him not to leave her

Ioannikios

His disciples read the Fiftieth and other psalms and the service for the dying

Bless the Lord all you birds of the air

and the holy Martyr Marina was beheaded

The Metropolitan of Karystia

St Luke also wrote the Acts of the Holy Apostles at Rome around 62-63 A

He was also found worthy to receive the grace of the priesthood

was born in the city of Damascus into a pious Christian family