Speechless Be The Lips Of Impious Ones,

Speechless be the lips of impious ones,

Those who do not reverence your great icon, the sacred one,

Which is called Directress (Hodegetria) and was depicted for us,

By one of the Apostles, Luke the Evangelist.

(from the Megalynaria for the Theotokos)

Byzantine icon of the Madonna (Theotokos) and Child, of the type known as Hodegetria (Our Lady of the Way): Mary gestures toward the infant Christ, who in turn raises his hand in a sign of blessing. The type originated in a now lost icon from the Monastery of the Panagia Hodegetria in Constantinople that was said to have been painted by St. Luke. This example, by an unknown artist, dates to the 14th century and is in the MUZA, Valletta, Malta.

Orthodox Convent of the Ascension, Jerusalem

+ St. Ephraim of Nea Makri

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Christ The Eternal High Priest

Icon from St. Anthony’s Greek

Orthodox Monastery in Arizona

Photo: Fr. Lawrence Lew.OP