through the intercessory prayers of the Saints who live in God’s glory. Icons teach us about Christ and His ministry, as well as, about the Saints and their record of faith. As sacred art, icons are windows into heaven: they seek to symbolize the transfigured cosmos and the victory of redeemed creation by the glory of Christ. In the words of St. John of Damascus:
“The icon is a song of triumph, and a revelation, and an enduring witness to the victory of the Saints”.without postoperative complications, and went back to work 20 days after surgery. He received four cycles of subsequent chemotherapy, but a solitary brain metastasis was discovered 7 months later, and he died 9 months after surgery.