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Icons of St. Agatha of Catania
in Sicily, virgin, martyr
After
suffering the most severe torments humanly imaginable, so terrible that
even the townspeople--Christian, Jewish, and pagan--demonstrated
against the governor, St. Agatha was crowned gloriously with sacred
martyrdom on the 5th day of February.
Top Icon:
of unknown provenance but may be the work of Monk Michael of
Athos.
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apparently Greek; with scenes of her life; otherwise of unknown
provenance.
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of unknown provenance, but with a Slavonic inscription in a Russian
style.
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also of unknown provenance, but it appears to be by the same hand,
although a distinct piece.
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by the hand of Fr. Gregory Abu-Asali, Buena Vista, Colorado
Lowest
Icon: From an old mosaic, apparently of the first millennium.
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