St. Jason icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7

St. Jason icon Mounted on wood Sizes:5 X 7Orthodox icon of Saint Jason the Apostle. Commemorated April 29th. Apostle Jason was from Tarsus (Asia Minor) and he became disciple of Saint Paul. He was the first Bishop of his native city of Tarsus. He with St Sosipater they traveled to Greece to preache and in 63 AD they arrived in the island of Corfu in Greece. They build a Church there and they baptized many people. When the governor of the island learned about them, he put them in prison. In

Before he was emperor

His only complaint was that his elders didn't demand enough of him

Afraid that this might be a temptation from the demons

he crossed himself and venerated the icon

where it remained for a whole week

Saint Nicholas Planas was born in 1851 on the island of Naxos in Greece

and then he went to Egypt again

In this Orthodox icon He is show holding the infant Jesus

Although her son Svyatoslav remained a pagan

in which he calls St Mark his son (1 Pet 5:13)

such that all were amazed at his virtue and reasoning of mind

and had been in Samaritan hands eight centuries before that