She tells those who pray with this icon that Jesus is Her Son who is the ... setting before us the entire dialectic of grace and freedom. Mary was predestined to be Mother of God, but she was also ...

But most Eastern Orthodox ... sized icon of St. George, "the great martyr." "He's dressed in his full military regalia," he said. " He was a soldier." There's the death of Mary, the mother of ...

The original image is a large painting of the type known as the St. Luke icons. Mary looks out at the ... in the unity of the Child and his mother. The intimate relationship of Our Lady of Tenderness ...