St. Euphemia the Great Martyr icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6

St. Euphemia the Great Martyr icon (2) Mounted on wood Sizes:4 X 6Orthodox icon of Saint Euphemia the All praised the Great Martyr (2). Commemorated Sept 16 and July 11 Saint Euphemia was the daughter of pious parents. Her father was a senator named Philophronos and her mother was Theodosia. She was born in Chalcedon, located across the Bosporus from the city of Byzantium. From her youth she dedicated her life to Christ and practiced the virtues of prayer, fasting and chastity. She suffered martyrdom in the city of

all came together in this single outcry

the Turks cut the ropes which bound him to the tree

Saint Achilles

Komninoi Doukes settled in Epirus just after the 1204 crusades in Constantinople

he went to Jerusalem

and leaves the sheep and flees

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he is considered to be the patron saint of physicians

His gift of persuasion

For two days the apostle taught the citizens who gathered about

who had tortured St Eleutherius

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