Orthodox Icon of Saint Katherine the Great Martyr

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November 24th
Troparion (Tone 5)
Let us praise Katherine the radiant bride of Christ, guardian of Sinai, our helper and supporter. By the power of the Spirit, she silenced the arrogance of the ungodly. Crowned as a martyr, she now implores great mercy for all.

Katherine of Alexandria was a virgin of great beauty and intellect, daughter of King Constus. She refused to marry the Emperor because she had received a wedding ring from the Lord Himself in a vision. When she successfully defended the faith against the arguments of fifty pagan philosophers who had been called in to convince her of the errors of Christianity, she was tortured on a wheel of spikes. This wheel is evoked by the patterns on her shoulders in this icon. An angel of God appeared and broke the wheel. After many tortures, she was beheaded with the sword at age eighteen in 310. Milk flowed from her body instead of blood. Her relics are preserved at the monastery named for her at Mount Sinai. She is holding a palm branch as a symbol of her joy in facing martyrdom, knowing she would be united with her Groom.

This icon is by the hand of Niko Chocheli. It is from St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, North Wildwood, New Jersey. Inscriptions are in Greek and English.

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