Jeremiah the Prophet Icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8

Jeremiah the Prophet Icon Mounted on wood Sizes:6 X 8Orthodox Icon of Prophet Jeremiah, Jeremy. Commemorated May 1st. The Holy Prophet Jeremiah, one of the four great Old Testament prophets, was son of the priest Helkiah from the city of Anathoth near Jerusalem, and he lived 600 years before the Birth of Christ, under the Israelite king Josiah and four of his successors. He was called to prophetic service at the age of fifteen, when the Lord revealed to him that even before his birth the Lord had chosen

It was at this point that Queen Theodora decided to abandon the palace

The magistrate was angered by her words

the Founder of the Great Lavra and Coenobitic Monasticism on Mt

The abbess told him to slow down

and that frightened him

up until their last breath"

About 150 years after the Saint's death

St Dionysius had journeyed from Athens to Jerusalem to meet Her

When the Saint was released

but fell down dead before he could touch her

When the new patriarch proved unsubmissive

At other times