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Icons of
St. Clement, Bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, martyred 101
Feast:
Nov. 25 (in Western rite, Nov. 24)
A successor
of Holy Apostle Peter, St. Clement is one of the first great Patristic
writers of the Church. He was sent to a labour camp on the coast of the
Black Sea, where he built many churches and converted many prisoners.
Finally, he was thrown into the sea with a heavy rock tied 'round his
neck. One year after his martyrdom, the sea receded some two miles and
it was seen that Angels of the Lord had built for St. Clement a marble
tomb. This once-per-year withdrawing of the waters from the coast so
that pilgrims could venerate his sacred tomb continued to occur for
some 600 years.
Top Icon:
of unknown provenance, appears recent in origination. From the website
pravoslavie.ru.
Next Icon:
of unknown provenance, apparently 17th c. Russian. From the Russian
website pravoslavie.ru.
Next Icon:
of unknown provenance, apparently 17th c. Russian. From pravoslavie.ru.
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by the hand of Fr. Luke Dingman, copyr. Orthodox Images.
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of unknown provenance.
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Icon: of unknown provenance, courtesy of Jean-Michel Dossogne, Sts.
Katherine and Foillan, Belgium.
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Icon: of unknown provenance, but appears to be Greek.
Final
Icon: by the hand of Nicholas Papas. Ref.: Come and See Icons.
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