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The front side depicts the Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. On both sides he faces the Most Holy Theotokos and St. prophet and forerunner of the Lord John the Baptist, who have special boldness before God to pray for all people. Icons where they are depicted praying to Christ are called deesis, which means “prayer.” On the back is the Great Martyr George the Victorious, one of the most revered saints in the Christian Church. In Rus', he is known as Yuri or Yegor, the patron saint of warriors, an assistant in peasant labor, a protector in troubles, a spiritual assistant in the invisible battle against the forces of evil.