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Icons of St. Boniface of
Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Monk of the English Church
Feast Day: June 5, his
martyrdom in Holland
Top Icon: Our Lady, Queen of
Germany (Regina Germaniae). Produced by the Monastery of St. Elizabeth,
near Minsk, Belarus. St. Boniface is at the rt. hand side. Image
courtesy of Hieromonk Benedikt (Schneider), Moscow Patriarchate,
Göttingen, Germany.
Next Icon: by the hand of
Alexander Stolyarov. Provided by Fr. Hieromonk Benedikt of Göttingen,
Moscow Patriarchate.
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Icons: the first is from the website of the Convent of St. Elizabeth,
the second from the website "Orthodox England," St. Felix & St.
Edmund Orthodox Church, Felixstowe, UK, by gracious permission of Fr.
Andrew Phillips. These icons appear to be different scans of one and
the same icon, but it is difficult to tell.
Next Icon: by the hand of
Hieromonk Cassien, Greek Old Calendarist Hermitage, Clara, France.
Next Icon: from the icon
corner of Jean-Michel Dossogne, in Belgium, with inscription in
German. Apparently, this icon is by the hand of iconographer
Alexander Stolyarov.
Next Icon: by Nicholas Papas,
of Come And See Icons.
Next Icon: Deisis by the hand
of Mother Justina, Greek Old Calendarist convent of St. Elizabeth,
Etna, California, with permission. Inscriptions are in German. St.
Boniface is the bishop in a green chasuble on the right.
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Icon: of unknown provenance.
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Icon: by the hand of Michael Goltz, shown at Come And See Icons.
Bottom Icon: by Hieromonk
Cassien, Greek Old Calendarist Hermitage, Clara, France
Beneath: iconic illumination
from the Sacramentary of Fulda: St. Boniface baptizing, martyrdom of
St. Boniface.
Preface for
the Liturgy of St. Boniface's Day in Old English liturgical
books: "It is truly meet and just, right and availing to
salvation, that we should always and in all places give thanks to Thee,
O Holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God, Whose grace chose
blessed Boniface to the episcopate, Whose teaching made him wise in
preaching, Whose power strengthened him to persevere, that by way of
the priestly mitre he might reach the palm of martyrdom, both teaching
his subjects by preaching, and instructing them how to live by his
example, and confirming them by suffering, that he might come to Thee
to be crowned, who had fearlessly overcome the threats of his
persecutors. By his intercession, we beseech Thee, may he cleanse us of
our misdeeds who pleased Thee with such choice manifestations of Thy
gifts, through Christ our Lord. By Whom Angels praise Thy majesty,
Dominions worship, the Powers tremble. The heavens, and the heavenly
Virtues, and the blessed Seraphim, concelebrate in one exultation, with
whom command our voices also to have entrance, we beseech Thee, humbly
confessing Thee, and saying: Holy, Holy, Holy," etc. ---
from the Old Sarum Rite Missal, (c) 1998 St. Hilarion Press, Austin,
Texas
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