Saint Anthim the Iberian

Anthim the Iberian was a Georgian theologian, scholar, calligrapher, philosopher and one of the greatest ecclesiastic figures of Wallachia, founder of the first printing press in Romania, and Metropolitan of Bucharest in 1708-1715. Anthim was taken prisoner by Ottoman Empire troops, and took orders in Istanbul, while living on the…

Icon Jesus Christ on the throne of glory

He is seated on a throne at the spiritual center of the blue-green oval symbolizing heaven, and interlocking red rectangles symbolizing earth, all enlivened by the faces of mysterious little angels and the movement of closely spaced Their wings. [gallery columns="2" ids="2972,2974,2971,2973"] The images in the four corners Represent the gospel writers Matthew (angel), Mark…