Widow's Mite, ancient coin. 163 BC. RUSSIAN ICONS

Widow's Mite, ancient coin. 163 BC. RUSSIAN ICONSSize: diameter= 1cm. (0. 3) inch. As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "Truly I tell you," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Luke 21: 1 4 The coin referred to in this passage was the "half prutah," also

and right borders reduced

And suddenly a voice came from heaven

"this poor widow has put in more than all the others

Unlike pottery and stone

looking at the empty linen wrappings

as recorded in the book of Genesis

Pantocrator or Pantokrator is

and bowls that were used for cooking or the storage and transport of foods and other goods

She ran off into the forest and attempted suicide more than once

derived from one of many names of God in Judaism

This icon has two feast days: July 11 [O

implying they were intended to farm for the deceased