Habakkuk the Prophet icon Sizes in inches:4.5 x 8

Habakkuk the Prophet icon Sizes in inches:4.5 x 8Orthodox icon of Prophet Habakkuk. Icon of 12 cent. Mount Athos Notice: the sizes of the icon are NOT exact. Commemorated December 2. This Prophet, whose name means "loving embrace," is eighth in order of the minor Prophets. His homeland and tribe are not recorded in the Divine Scriptures; according to some, he was of the tribe of Symeon. He prophesied in the years of Joachim, who is also called Jechonias, before the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish

to venerate the holy icons and observe the monastic rule

guiding them to self-knowledge

These women were the first to behold the Resurrection

Even though he had been severely tortured

gave orders to rip the skin from St Glyceria's head

putting on it the imperial seal and setting a guard to watch over it for three days

killing hundreds to them

Saint Paisius the Great lived in Egypt

and where thou dwellest

she went down to it and saw a strange sight

Apokathilosis (2)

The Evangelist John writes of him in the Book of Revelation