Feasts

This breathtaking icon features the major saint(s) commemorated each day, for every day of the year. With nearly 1000 saints featured, you will be astonished when you see it. The centerpiece is the Resurrection, surrounded by scenes of the Passion...

Prepare for the Advent season and celebrate Christmas with an exclusive prayer package from Legacy Icons. Perfect for families, groups of friends, and prayer groups. Makes a wonderful gift as well! Choose from 3 sets based on the size of your...

This Legacy Learning Icon Card features the icon of the Entrance of the Theotokos Into the Temple. The description on the back explains the meaning of the icon and the feast, and how it may inspire us in our faith. Size is 4x5 inches. Legacy Learning...

This icon depicts the many saints who shone forth at Mount Sinai and in the surrounding desert. Saint Catherine, the patron of the monastery at Mount Sinai, stands at the center of the fathers at the bottom; the prophet Moses stands at the top,...

This stunning Russian icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Assumption) captures the beauty and glory of Christ receiving the repose of his mother.  The Church has received the tradition of the Dormition (sleeping) and receiving into heaven of...

This 15th century icon portrays the nativity in the flesh of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. Visible in the icon, from the top, are the Star of Bethlehem (portrayed as the Holy Spirit), the angels, Magi, and a shepherd, Saint Joseph being tempted by...

In this contemporary Russian icon we have the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles, who were the ones chosen by Christ to live closest to Him during His ministry and to be the foremost evangelists of the nations. The Twelve all have their own feast days, but...

This beautifully illuminated manuscript features excerpts, called Katavasiae, from the Canon of the Nativity sung at Matins in the Orthodox Church. The hymns were written in the 8th century by St. Cosmas the Hymnographer. The illuminations are a hybrid...

With this set, you will receive the icons of the three Great Feasts of the autumn season (spring in the southern hemisphere): Nativity of the Theotokos, Exaltation of the Cross, and Entrance of the Theotokos. For those who desire to purchase a complete...

The Church has received the tradition of the conception of the Mother of God from the ancient Fathers of the Church. The Virgin Mary was born to her parents about 16 or 17 years before the birth of Christ. Her father Joachim was descended from the...

This 17th century icon depicts Joachim and Anna, the Ancestros of God, taking Mary to the temple, where she is received by the High Priest and the other temple virgins. In the upper right corner, Mary is being instructed by an angel in the Holy of...

In this beautiful detail from a massive 17th century fresco at Slivnichki Monastery in Macedonia, the Holy Spirit is depicted as a dove, perched on a royal throne. He holds the Holy Gospel, and is surrounded by the instruments of the passion: the...

This historic Russian icon depicts Christ blessing childrenl. Demonstrating his love for “the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,” this icon is painted in the realistic Academic style, popular in Russia in the 17th-early 20th centuries...

  O ye Apostles from afar, being now gathered together here in the vale of Gethsemane, give burial to my body; and Thou, O my Son and my God, receive Thou my spirit. — Doxasticon Hymn of the Dormition At the end of the Mother of God's life,...

This unique Russian icon depicts the Theotokos weeping at the Cross of her Son, Jesus Christ, outside the city of Jerusalem.  The 18th century iconographer faithfully and beautifully uses color and form to portray the pathos and glory of the Holy...

This icon depicts the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor. Moses and Elias appear on either side of Him, while the disciples fall down in fear. This feast is celebrated on August 6. On the border of the festal icon are the Guardian Angel, St...

This icon is used in the Russian tradition for the feast of Pentecost, and in many churches it appears above the Holy Doors. It bears two meanings.  On its surface, this icon depicts a scene from the Bible. The image of three angels grouped...

In the Lord's parable of the Ten Virgins, he speaks of five foolish virgins and five wise, who are awaiting the bridegroom to enter his wedding feast. The wise brought enough oil for their lamps to keep watch all night, while the foolish had to go into...

The feast of All Saints is commemorated on the Sunday After Pentecost by Eastern Christians and November 1 by Western Christians. Symbolism Circle — Christ enthroned in glory, with the Theotokos and John the Baptist and the ranks of the saints:...

The Three Holy Youths Ananias, Misael, and Azarias were among the Jews who were taken to Babylon in the sixth century BC. King Nebuchadnezzar took them into his royal household where they served, along with the Prophet Daniel. They were given Persian...

In this 18th century Russian icon, Christ extends His hand to His beloved friend Lazarus, who comes out of his tomb after being dead for four days. This miraculous event happened just before Palm Sunday. By this action, Christ displayed His power over...

This icon is from the very Cave of the Apocalypse itself, on the island of Patmos, Greece, where the book of Revelation was written. It depicts the following passage:  I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation...

Christ is seen among the Jewish scholars, teaching them. The Theotokos and Saint Joseph are seen on the left, having searched for the young Jesus after He disappeared from their traveling party. This event is commemorated on Mid-Pentecost, twenty-five...

This icon is offered by Legacy Icons with the permission of the iconographer, Brian Matthew Whirledge.

In this 16th century Cretan icon, the Theotokos is praised by Old Testament figures, from the Patriarch Jacob (holding the ladder), to Moses, the Prophets, and finally John the Forerunner, the last of the Old Testament prophets. The iconographer...

The feast of All Saints is commemorated on the Sunday After Pentecost by Eastern Christians and November 1 by Western Christians. This 18th century Russian icon features 80 representatives of all the ranks of Saints: Apostles, Prophets, Hierarchs,...

The arrival of the Magi is celebrated on Christmas Day itself (December 25) in the Eastern tradition. In the West, it is celebrated on Epiphany (January 6). From the 10th century Bamberg Psalter.

This historical icon of The Great Commission powerfully displays Christ's command to His disciples to spread the Gospel throughout the world. Depicting the words of Matthew 28:19-20,    Therefore go and make disciples of all...

In this 12th century Greek icon, we see Christ extending his hand to his beloved friend Lazarus, who comes out of his tomb after being dead for four days. This miraculous event happened just before Palm Sunday. By this action, Christ displayed his...

The Feast of Orthodoxy (also knowns as the Sunday of Orthodoxy or the Triumph of Orthodoxy) is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent (six Sundays before Pascha) in the liturgical calendar of...

This historical Russian icon of the Nativity of Christ is a moving, intimate portrayal of Christ's Incarnation in Bethlehem. Little is known about this rare icon other than it was painted in the 1700's in Russia.  The icon depicts the nativity...

The feast of All Saints is commemorated on the Sunday After Pentecost by Eastern Christians and November 1 by Western Christians. Symbolism Circle — Christ enthroned in glory, with the Theotokos and John the Baptist and the ranks of the saints:...

The first Great Feast of the ecclesiastical year, the Nativity of the Theotokos (September 8) is also the first Great Feast of our salvation. The Mother of God is born to Saint Anna, after a miraculous conception following a lifetime of barrenness.

The feast of the Protection celebrates the appearance of the Mother of God at Blachernae in the 10th century, when she appeared and spread her veil over the church, saving the city from invasion. The name of the feast in Greek (Skepi) and Russian...

This 19th century Russian icon features the Cross being lifted up by Saints Constantine and Helen, who discovered the True Cross in the 4th century. Depicted with them are a number of prominent saints, clockwise from the top: the Holy Trinity...

This icon features the Lord's first miracle, the changing of the water into wine, which took place at the Wedding at Cana. A unique icon offering, this image is from the 10th century Bamberg Psalter, a priceless work of Western liturgical art.

Palm Sunday is the celebration of Christ's triumphal entry into the royal city of Jerusalem. Riding on a young donkey, he was met by a massive crowd who publicly hailed Him as king. They waved palm branches and laid their cloaks on the road before Him...