St. Catherine icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:11 X 17

St. Catherine icon (3) Mounted on wood Sizes:11 X 17Orthodox icon of the Great Martyr Catherine (3). Commemorated November 25. The Holy Great Martyr Catherine was the daughter of Constus, the governor of Alexandrian Egypt during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305 313). Young men from the most worthy families of the empire sought the hand of the beautiful Catherine, but she was not interested in any of them. She told her parents that she would enter into marriage only with someone who surpassed her

he was never accused falsely

The lion gazed pleadingly and meekly at the elder who sat down immediately to inspect the paw

They visited those who were exiled

Mount Sinai

Seven years after this vision

Asclepius then ordered the death of St

shown on the right in this Orthodox Icon

at the base of the central dome

they were treacherously murdered by their teacher

She died in exile in Nikomedia on July 25 of 408

between the Apostles Peter and Paul

Then at once