Saturday, September 23, 2023 UTC

AUGUST 16: TRANSLATION OF THE ICON OF OUR LORD

     AUG 16: DIVINE LITURGY – 6:00 PM.

On this day, we commemorate the Translation of the Icon of our Lord.  The Icon of our Lord is the “Image Not-Made-By-Hands.”  It is one of the earliest icons witnessed to by the Church. It is called the Third Feast-of-the-Savior in August. The Transfer of the Icon of our Lord Jesus Christ Not-Made-by-Hands was in the year 944 from Edessa to Constantinople. You can read here how the Icon originated: https://roea.org/article/Icon+Not-Made-By-Hands

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