St. Nicholas of Vounena icon Size mounted on wood:8" X 11"Orthodox icon of Saint Nicholas, the New Martyr of Vounena, . . Commemorated; September 5th. Saint Nicholas the Younger was born in the East to pious and virtuous parents. When he came of age, he enlisted in the Imperial Army with the rank of Duke, training his soldiers to be brave and fearless warriors, but above all he admonished them and taught them to believe in God, to pray, to never wrong anyone, and to ask Christ to give them strength to fight
Her heart and her thoughts rest always with God
On bended knee
A Treatise on the Three Methods of Prayer
The Saint told them to stop pursuing Dioscorides and to grant him life
the saint prepared to cast out a devil from a certain man
Orthodox Icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (2)
During the journey they roads separated
sin is diminished and virtue prevails
soon revealed their solitary place for the benefit of many people
Abba Macarius spent sixty years in the wilderness
The shepherd came over to see who this was and was surprised to find out it was Markella
under the emperor Constantine the Great
