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Thanks to Fr Ambrose for his quick and very helpful reply to my inquiry. I can't resist saying again (as many others have said) what a wonderful resource this list is, since so many of the listmembers are both knowledgeable and generous in sharing their knowledge. Sometimes the internet really does live up to the claims that are made about it. SR At 10:01 AM 9/15/1999 +1200, you wrote: >Speaking without any knowledge of western art history, but with a lifetime >acquaintance with Orthodox icons, I would hazard a guess that you have an >image of Saint Panteleimon who is one of the much venerated "Unmercenary >Physicians" and because of his youth can be mistaken for a young lady. He is >usually depicted with a little medicine box and spoon. > >If you take the icon to your local Orthodox church, odds are that the priest >will recognise it. The traditions of iconography allow easy identification >of subject matter. > >Fr Ambrose > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Hieromonk Ambrose >Our Lady of Kazan Russian Orthodox Church >PO Box 27 563 / Wellington / New Zealand >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Tel: +64(0)4-384-7211 / [log in to unmask] >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%