Saint Gregory of Nyssa Greek Orthodox Icon
High quality byzantine Orthodox handmade icons. Made in Greece and constructed in the traditional Orthodox manner.
Iconographer: Chr. Liondas
Saint Gregory, the younger brother of Basil the Great, illustrious in speech
and a zealot for the Orthodox Faith, was born in 331. His brother Basil was
encouraged by their elder sister Macrina to prefer the service of God to a
secular career. Saint Gregory was moved in a similar way by his godly mother
Emily, who, when Gregory was still a young man, implored him to attend a
service in honor of the holy Forty Martyrs at her retreat at Annesi on the
River Iris. Saint Gregory came at his mother’s bidding, but being wearied with
the journey, and feeling little zeal, he fell asleep during the service. The
Forty Martyrs then appeared to him in a dream, threatening him and reproaching
him for his slothfulness. After this he repented and became very diligent in the
service of God. He became bishop in 372, and because of his Orthodoxy he was
exiled in 374 by Valens, who was of one mind with the Arians. After Valens
death in 378 he was recalled to his throne by the Emperor Gratian. He attended
the Local Council of Antioch, which sent him to visit the churches of Arabia
and Palestine, which had been defiled and ravaged by Arianism. He attended the
Second Ecumenical Council, which was assembled in Constantinople in 381. Having
lived some sixty years and left behind many remarkable writings, he reposed
about the year 395. The acts of the Seventh Ecumenical Council call him Father
of Fathers.
The icon reproductions are created by iconographer monks of various Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece and all images are approved replications by the Greek Orthodox Church. As icons are considered to be the Gospel in image, these images are accurate and true Orthodox renderings, not second-hand interpretations. The icon images are mounted on solid wood and protected from tarnish with a varnish finish that seals in colors and creates a shiny luster.
Icons ship direct to you from Greece. Please allow 10-20 days for delivery.