Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens
Converted by the Apostle Paul, as recorded in Acts 17:34, Saint Dionysius was an early church father and theologian martyred in 96 AD.
This Ethiopian manuscript illumination depicts his triumphant martyrdom found in the Coptic and Ethiopian Synaxarium. After being beheaded alongside his disciples, Usyphos and Urianos, Saint Dionysius miraculously carried his own severed head for two miles. The painting captures the heavenly reward of these apostolic witnesses, watched over by an angel as a divine dove delivers the golden Crown of Martyrdom.
Commemorated on Thout 26 in Coptic and October 6 in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. source: t.me/ethioicons
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⢠Top Scene: Saint Deksios sits with his writing stylus and ink horns after penning a book of praise. Our Lady Virgin Mary appears in radiant glory, receiving and blessing his written offering.
⢠Bottom Scene: As a heavenly reward for his devotion, the Virgin Mary presents the saint with a luminous, non-humanly woven golden vestment (ááĽáľ) and a holy chair of honor (ááá á)
source: t.me/ethioicons