Saint Panteleimon Greek Orthodox Icon
High quality byzantine Orthodox handmade icons. Made in Greece and constructed in the traditional Orthodox manner.
Iconographer: Chr. Liondas
Commemorates on: July 27
This Saint, who had Nicomedia as his homeland, was the son of Eustorgius and
Eubula. His father was an idolater, but his mother was a Christian from her
ancestors. It was through her that he was instructed in piety, and still later,
he was catechized in the Faith of Christ by Saint Hermolaus and baptized by
him. Being proficient in the physician’s vocation, he practiced it in a
philanthropic manner, healing every illness more by the grace of Christ than by
medicines. Thus, although his parents had named him Pantoleon ("in all
things a lion"), because of the compassion he showed for the souls and
bodies of all, he was worthily renamed Panteleimon, meaning
"all-merciful." On one occasion, when he restored the sight of a
certain blind man by calling on the Divine Name, he enlightened also the eyes
of this man’s soul to the knowledge of the truth. This also became the cause
for the martyrdom of him who had been blind, since when he was asked by whom and
in what manner his eyes had been opened, in imitation of that blind man of the
Gospel he confessed with boldness both who the physician was and the manner of
his healing. For this he was put to death immediately. Panteleimon was arrested
also, and having endured many wounds, he was finally beheaded in the year 305,
during the reign of Maximian. Saint Panteleimon is one of the Holy
Unmercenaries, and is held in special honor among them, even as Saint George is
among the Martyrs.
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.