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Icons of St. Anthony the
Roman, Wonderworker, Abbot of Novgorod
Feast:
Aug. 3
St. Anthony
was born in Rome, in 1086, of devout parents. At that time, the Roman
Church was departing from the universal Church in Schism, and those who
remained faithful to the Orthodox Church were persecuted by the Roman
clergy. St. Anthony was among those persecuted. He gave away his
goods and became a monk. Standing upon a rock in the sea, he lived an
ascetic life for 14 months. Then the rock, by a strange providence,
parted from its base, and it floated through the waters to Novgorod in
Rus'. There Archbishop Nikita welcomed St. Anthony and helped him build
a church to the Mother of God, which later became a monastery, St.
Anthony becoming its abbot. He was glorified by God with great
miracles, and died in deep peace in 1147 or 1148. Holy Venerable Father
Anthony, pray to God for us!
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Russian, of unknown provenance.
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Russian, of unknown provenance.
Next Icon:
Russian, of unknown provenance. All the above icons are from the
website pravoslavie.ru.
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Icon: Russian Icon of the Novgorod school
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