Three Holy Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Icon
High quality byzantine Orthodox handmade icons. Made in Greece and constructed in the traditional Orthodox manner.
Iconographer: Father Michael
Commemorates on: January 30
The common feast of these three teachers was instituted a little before the
year 1100, during the reign of the Emperor Alexis I Comnenus, because of a
dispute and strife that arose among the notable and virtuous men of that time.
Some of them preferred Basil, while others preferred Gregory, and yet others
preferred John Chrysostom, quarrelling among themselves over which of the three
was the greatest. Furthermore, each party, in order to distinguish itself from
the others, assumed the name of its preferred Saint; hence, they called
themselves Basilians, Gregorians, or Joannites. Desiring to bring an end to the
contention, the three Saints appeared together to the saintly John Mauropus, a
monk who had been ordained Bishop of Euchaita, a city of Asia Minor, they
revealed to him that the glory they have at the throne of God is equal, and
told him to compose a common service for the three of them, which he did with
great skill and beauty. Saint John of Euchaita (celebrated Oct. 5) is also the
composer of the Canon to the Guardian Angel, the Protector of a Man’s Life. In
his old age, he retired from his episcopal see and again took up the monastic
life in a monastery in Constantinople. He reposed during the reign of the
aforementioned Emperor Alexis Comnenus (1081-1118).
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.
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