St. Leo, Bishop of Catania Sicilly icon Sizes mounted on wood:8 x 11

St. Leo, Bishop of Catania Sicilly icon Sizes mounted on wood:8 x 11Orthodox icon of Saint Leo, Bishop of Catania, Sicily. Commemorated February 20th Saint Leo was born in Ravenna, Italy, of pious and noble parents. He was famed for his benevolence and charity, as well as his Christian love for the poor and wanderers. After completing his studies, he was ordained as a priest at Ravenna, and later, because of his purity and his most spiritual life, he was consecrated as Bishop of Catania in Sicily. He became the

But military service weighed heavily on him

but the high esteem in which he was held troubled his spirit

Panteleimon on Mount Athos in 1925 AD

the center of the ecclesiastical life of British Islands at that time

This is a silver-plated icon of Saints Constantine and Helen on a special paper

Her blood spayed in all directions covering him with her blood

in 1903 AD (and not in 1905 AD

since they were motivated by greed

Saint Nilus of Sora

people paid little heed to his message

returned to shore

following the Patriarchic and Synodic Decree issued on February 4th 1986