Axion Esti Mother of God

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Axion Esti Mother of God by the hand of Matthew Garrett, 2008This icon takes it’s name from a hymn composed by a monk who was told by the archangel Gabriel that the choirs of angels begin the hymn “More Honorable Than The Cherubim” with the words: “It is truly meet and right to bless thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed, and all pure Mother of our God.”

13″ x 20″

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