Elisha the Prophet icon Sizes in inches:3.5 x 5.5

Elisha the Prophet icon Sizes in inches:3.5 x 5.5Orthodox icon of Prophet Elisha. Copy of an icon of 12 cent. Mount Athos NOTICE: the sizes of the icon are NOT exact. Commemorated June 14th. The Holy Prophet Elisha lived in the ninth century before the Birth of Christ, and was a native of the village of Abelmaum, near Jordan. By the command of the Lord he was called to prophetic service by the holy Prophet Elias (July 20). When it became time for the Prophet Elias to be taken up to Heaven, he said

were also denounced by the Council

Saint Tabitha is considered the patron Saint of tailors and seamstresses

For solitude he withdrew to the Jordan

then he could be shown in images

Commemorated January7

in fulfilling the prayer of the priest

and he was sentenced to death by beheading in the year 312

he was chosen to succeed Saint Nectarius as Patriarch of Constantinople

Having returned to his own diocese

they were welcomed by the bishop

it will be to you as you pray" and Aquilina set out for the town

After an intense and long prayer he saw that the face of the Mother of God on the holy icon was radiantly bright with a smile