Product Description
Deacon Martyr Stephen with Old Testament Elders. 19th century, Russia. Shown here with Moses and Abraham. Stephen is venerated as the first martyr of Christianity. According to the Acts 6 of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early Church at Jerusalem. The Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Lutheran churches and the Church of the East view Stephen as a saint. He is generally represented with a crown, three stones, a martyr's palm frond, a censer, and often holding a miniature church building. Stephen is often shown as a young, beardless man wearing a deacon's vestments.
Tempera on wood. About 6½x8½ inches. In "as found" condition.
