Mother of God of Nicaea IconoGraphic No.1 | Orthodox Christian Hoodie / Hooded SweatshirtThe Nicaea Icon of the Mother of God first appeared in the city of Nicaea in Anatolia (Asia Minor) sometime in the year 304, which is to say, prior to St Constantine's Edict of Milan which legalized the Christian religion in the Roman Empire. Details are scarce but this is what has been handed down to us by Holy Tradition: At this time the city was under siege by a certain Hamir. One of the assailing soldiers, whose name was Constantine, caught sight

and all ye abysses

He that hates his soul in this world

praise Him in the highest

and our mouth to lamentation:

for then the Union was an act imposed by force from without

4717: σταυρόω stauróō

Martyr José Muñoz-Cortes (1950

being gathered together in love

what can I say

For through thee the curse shall cease

Even the Pagans Meditated on Death

and to be cheaply thought of by the public is a matter of laughter to them