St. Pachomios the Great icon (2) Size:6 x 8Orthodox icon of Saint Pachomius the Great (2), the founder of the cenobitic monastic life. Copy of a contemporary icon. This icon shows the moment that the Angel of God gives the attire, the Schema and the rules of the monastic life to Saint Pachomius. Commemorated May 15. Saint Pachomius the Great was both a model of desert dwelling, and with Sts Anthony the Great (January 17), Macarius the Great (January 19), and Euthymius the Great (January 20), a
Then he called the fathers of the monastery and announced to them that in three days he would pass away
the Academy of Athens honored him with a silver medal
and turned his wrath upon the saint
The Saint told them to stop pursuing Dioscorides and to grant him life
followers began to gather around Saint Pachomius
The saint gave each skete an igumen from among his experienced disciples
The harmonious physique and the attitude of the Theotokos are from the standards of the classical antiquity
a daughter of St Joseph the Betrothed
he was put to cruel tortures
and received the office of archimandrite
Copy of an icon of 1663 cent
who voluntarily left the diocese
