Saint Savvas Greek Orthodox Icon
High quality byzantine Orthodox handmade icons. Made in
Greece and constructed in the traditional Orthodox manner.
Iconographer: Father Ioankem
Commemorates on: December 5
This Saint was born in 439 in Moutalaska, a small village of Cappadocia. He entered
the arena of the monastic life from childhood and was under that master trainer
of monastics, Euthymius, the Great, the teacher of the desert. He became the
spiritual Father of many monks and an instructor for the monasteries in
Palestine, and was appointed leader (archimandrite) of the desert-dwellers of
Palestine by the Patriarch of Jerusalem. In his old age he went to
Constantinople, to the Emperors Anastasius and Saint Justinian the Great, in
behalf of the Orthodox Faith and the dogmas of the Council of Chalcedon. Having
lived ninety-four years. lit reposed in 533. The Typicon for die ecclesiastical
services had its beginning in the monastery established by this righteous one.
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.