St John The Forerunner - 12 x 16 (Walnut) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo baptizing in the Jordan River

baptizing in the Jordan River all those who in repentance were preparing for the Lord's arrival

This 12 x 16 icon of Christ The Good Shepherd in maple is the perfect larger size to have in your icon corner at home or on a mantle

After many attempts on his life by the trading company he would eventually leave Kodiak Island in 1817 and moved to neighboring Spruce Island where he would spend the remaining of his life there as a hermit

One day she met a group of men that were sailing to Jerusalem for the veneration of the Holy Cross

St John The Forerunner - 12 x 16 (Walnut) Gilding Options:Gilded Halo baptizing in the Jordan RiverThe Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John! Our Lord called St John the greatest man ever born, that's saying something. He was a Jewish prophet who preached the coming of our Lord and called all to repentance, baptizing in the Jordan River all those who in repentance were preparing for the Lord's arrival. St John also baptized Christ in the Jordan. He was martyred and beheaded by Heron. Often you'll see icons of St John holding his sacred head