Icon of the Great High Priest - 20th c. Ellwood City - (11T00)

I first saw this icon in our Church, very large, hanging on the back wall just past the altar. My first few visits to Church, I don't know how, but I didn't notice it (it didn't help that I sat on the side rather than the middle of the Church). The first day I got up the courage to make my way up to the icons to bow and kiss them, on my way over to the Theotokos icon I stopped in the middle to bow (as I saw others do) and there my eyes met this huge wonderful icon of Christ the High Priest. I stood silent and couldn't move...only for a second, but it seemed much longer. Ever since, I now sit in the isle seat, in full view of that awesome icon. And this is why I purchased it!