Brother José Muñoz-Cortes, Martyr for the Faith, No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Art PosterMartyr Jos Muoz Cortes (1950, Chile 1997, Greece) was a Chilean convert to Orthodox Christianity who became interested in monasticism, and became the guardian of the miracle working myrrh streaming Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (Montreal Icon). He led a monastic life as best he could within the confines of the world, although he did not enter a monastery. Later he moved to Canada and continued to observe this way of life. Jose was tortured and

And they said

nothingness to nothingness returned as in a debt

For as St Paul says

But when the blade was sprung up

-  Tone 2

Thou dost remain indivisible in the Trinity

Pantoleon began to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to revive the dead child and to destroy the venomous reptile

our one God

I will ransom them from the power of the grave

the icon will be exhibited for public veneration in Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow for a year

Forgetful of physical death

but a devil's without love