Icons of St. Patrick, apostle

Above: Icons of St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland

Feast: Mar. 17

Top Icon: by the hand of iconographer Maria Manley. Our thanks to the handmaid of God Maria for providing us with the high-definition graphic presented here in thumbnail.

Next Icon: of unknown provenance, broadcast by a member of an OCA discussion group, apparently the protector of the Icon.

Next Icon: of unknown provenance

Next Icon: of unknown provenance

Next Icon: by the hand of Fr. Luke Dingman

Next Icon: by the hand of Aidan Hart, Oecumenical Patriarchate, UK.

Next Icon: by the hand of Mother Justina, Greek Old Calendarist convent of St. Elizabeth, Etna, California, with permission. 

Next Icon: by the hand of Protodeacon Paul (Hommes), Joy of All Who Sorrow Monastery, Belgium, by permission of Abbot Thomas.  

Next Icon: by the hand of Maria Ciucur, of Romania. 

Lower Icon of the Above:  source is unknown. 

Above: Icons of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland

First Icon of the above 4:  of unknown provenance. It appears to have a Gaelic inscription. 

Next Icon: by the hand of Fr. Alexander, ca. 1985, the first icon of St. Patrick to contain life scenes. 

Next Icon: by the hand of J. Cole. 

Last Icon of the above 4:  of unknown provenance. See a matching icon with those of St. Brigid.  

Above: Another St. Patrick, in Western vestments. 

Source unknown. 

Old English liturgical books give the following Officium or Introit for the Liturgy on the day of St. Patrick: "Behold the day made honourable by the righteousness of our mighty father, who dwelt amongst the people as a bright light of high rejoicing, wherefore The Lord established a covenant of peace with him, the King of kings, disclosing to all men the words of salvation, safeguarded His servant in the midst of royal threats, and He made him a ruler. It is meet Thou hast established as a hierarch on his throne raised up on high, him obedient to Thee, O Christ, that the dignity of the priesthood might be his. For he fought well upon the earth; now he reigneth in the stars for ever." (Ecclus. 45:24, trope "Ecce dies")

From the complete Old Sarum Rite Missal, (c) 1998 St. Hilarion Press

Four more icons of St. Patrick: 

First: from Poland. 

Second: from the hand of Nicholas Papas, Come And See Icons. 

Third: by the hand of Henry Shirley of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. 

Fourth: also by Nicholas Papas. 

above: St. Patrick depicted on a pillar, from an unknown source. 

above: St. Patrick from an unknown source. 

above: St. Patrick from an unknown source. 

above: St. Patrick, from an unknown source. 

above: Sts. Polycarp (l.) and Patrick (r.), from Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Oecumenical Patriarchate, Modesto, California.  

above: drawing of St. Patrick, unknown source, poss. Orthodox America. 

above: St. Patrick by the hand of Fr. Gregory Abu-Asali, Buena Vista, Colorado. 

above: St. Patrick (with St. Mary of Egypt on the left) by the hand of Mother Justina, Greek Old Calendarist convent of St. Elizabeth, Etna, California.  

above: St. Patrick from an unknown source, appearing on "Orthodox England," the website of St. Felix and St. Edmund Orthodox Church (ROCOR), by gracious permission of Fr. Andrew Phillips. 

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