This touching icon of the holy Ancestor of God Saint Anna depicts the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ embracing her daughter. The young Mary holds a flower.
Saints Joachim and Anna are called "the ancestors of God," because they were the grandparents of Christ, the incarnate God. They are honored as a model for husbands and wives, and their powerful intercessions are often felt by childless couples. So important are these saints as models and intercessors, as well as in the plan of salvation, they are always invoked at the Great Dismissal in Eastern Orthodox worship services. These righteous spouses are commemorated together on September 9, the day after the Nativity of the Theotokos. Saint Anna’s Dormition (falling-asleep) is also commemorated on July 25.
Icon by the hand of American iconographer Mark Fiorenzo.
4 x 5 inches