The Mother of God, "Iveron"

The Mother of God, "Iveron"The Mother of God "Iveron" is depicted in this mounted icon honoring the miraculous Portaitissa of Mount Athos the Keeper of the Gate of the Iviron Monastery. Copies of this beloved icon are kept in countless Orthodox homes and churches, where she continues to intercede for the faithful as she has done for centuries on the Holy Mountain. A quality icon from Damascene Gallery.

spoken in the Matins of Holy Saturday

the Mother of God

especially for those who honor him as their patron

Vasily Perov's haunting 1868 painting "The Last Tavern at the Gate" shows horses and sledge-drivers waiting in the snow outside a tavern at the edge of a Russian town — a quiet but deeply melancholic image of Russian village life and human longing

it combines fidelity to ancient prototypes with a meditative depth that rewards contemplation

his commentary on the Epistles and Gospels remains a touchstone of Orthodox biblical interpretation

The Old Believer iconographic school preserved ancient compositional types with extraordinary faithfulness

this 15th-century icon of the Archangel Michael from the Moscow school is among the most treasured types in all of Russian iconography

he who follows Me shall not walk in darkness

Catherine of Alexandria the Great Martyr — here rendered in the classical Eastern tradition with the severe

and all who stand against evil — available as a beautifully mounted Orthodox icon from Damascene Gallery

interceding before the Lord on behalf of all the faithful