Another myrrh-streaming icon on Long Island

June 25, 2008 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Tags: Christianity, Divine Energies, Divine Energy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodoxy, icons, images, Long Island, miracles, New York, Orthodox Christianity, orthodoxy, religion, religious icons, religious images, saints, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas

The homepage of St. Paul’s now reports that although the Theotokos has stopped weeping, St. Nicholas has started, so they’re continuing twice-a-day Paraklesis with hymns to him also.

Recall that the original instances in 1960 were also in quick succession, as they mention.

This icon of “St. Nick” demonstrates the Orthodox experience that even store-bought print-icons (mounted on wood, or not), as contrasted with the more traditional hand-painted ones, participate in God’s Uncreated Energies like this.

BTW, the Greek writing quite visible on this icon says literally “The Holy Nicholas” or “The Saint Nicholas” or “Nicholas the Saint,” normally just seen as “Saint Nicholas.”  This is typical of icons, in whatever language, although sometimes the caption is expanded to include other titles or references related to the Saint.