Hand Painted Icon of Apostle Paul, using the finest colour combination on canvas, with gold leaf background.

Commemorates on: July 29
Paul, was a Jew by race, of the tribe of Benjamin, having Tarsus as his homeland. He was a Roman citizen, fluent in the Greek language, an expert in knowledge of the Law, a Pharisee, born of a Pharisee, and a disciple of Gamaliel, a Pharisee and notable teacher of the Law in Jerusalem. For this cause, from the beginning, Paul was a most fervent zealot for the traditions of the Jews and a great persecutor of the Church of Christ; at that time, his name was Saul. In his great passion of rage and fury against the disciples of the Lord, he went to Damascus bearing letters of introduction from the high priest. His intention was to bring the disciples of Christ back to Jerusalem in bonds. As he was approaching Damascus, about midday there suddenly shone upon him a light from Heaven. Falling on the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? And he asked, Who art Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus Whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And that heavenly voice and brilliance made him tremble, and he was blinded for a time. He was led by the hand into the city, and on account of a divine revelation to the Apostle Ananias, he was baptized by him, and both his bodily and spiritual eyes were opened to the knowledge of the Sun of Righteousness. And straightway,wondrous transformation! beyond all expectation, he spoke with boldness in the synagogues, proclaiming that Christ is the Son of God. As for his zeal in preaching the Gospel after these things had come to pass, as for his unabating labors and afflictions of diverse kinds, the wounds, the prisons, the bonds, the beatings, the stonings, the shipwrecks, the journeys, the perils on land, on sea, in cities, in wildernesses, the continual vigils, the daily fasting, the hunger, the thirst, the nakedness, and all those other things that he endured for the Name of Christ, and which he underwent before nations and kings and the Israelites, and above all, his care for all the churches, his fiery longing for the salvation of all, whereby he became all things to all men, that he might save them all if possible, and because of which, with his heart aflame, he continuously traveled throughout all parts, visiting them all, Asia and West and East Europe. Having completed the work of his ministry, he likewise ended his life in martyrdom when he was beheaded in Rome during the reign of Nero, at the same time, some say, when Peter was crucified.

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No.4160 Size:9x12cm	0.5 kg	$41.16USD
No.4160 Size:14x19cm	0.75 kg	$60.06USD
No.4160 Size:19x25cm	1.3 kg	$85.26USD
No.4160 Size:25x35cm	1.6 kg	$157.71USD
No.4160 Size:30x40cm	2.1 kg	$211.26USD
No.4160 Size:13x17cm with frame	0.7 kg	$55.34USD
No.4160 Size:17x23cm with frame	0.85 kg	$85.26USD
No.4160 Size:22x30cm with frame	1.5 kg	$132.51USD
No.4160 Size:30x40cm with frame	1.8 kg	$242.76USD
No.4160 Size:45x60cm with frame	2.3 kg	$605.01USD