St. Mary Greek Icon VI (Arch) Size:3 1/4" x 3" Benedicta Ward continues the work

Benedicta Ward continues the work she began in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and The Lives of the Desert Fathers

It approaches closely to the character and genius of the Byzantine Akathist to the Mother of God (which it seems to know in part) but is so profoundly rooted in a different indigenous experience that it surely deserves the title of "An African Akathist

He died at an advance age and was buried in Rabban Shabur

The 'words' the monks gave were collected and passed around among those too far away or too feeble to make the trek themselves - and to those of us living generations later

This complex work is also known for its ambiguous relationship to Origen's universalism

St. Mary Greek Icon VI (Arch) Size:3 1/4" x 3" Benedicta Ward continues the work"Sugg. Donation" Silver Icon Kissing Lovingly Wooden Base Serigraphy