[Uri’el-2012]

The Seven Holy Maccabees, their mother Salome and their techer Eleazar

I find the icon curious.

Holy ? But no depiction of G-d's Holy Word.

Righteous Jews in 175 BCE with "halos" and "christian" crosses ???

It seems as if the Maccabees were misappropriated.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[Cronos]

well, halos as they were/are martyrs and saints. Crosses -- well, the idea being that they sacrificed themselves for God and their fellow men.

The praise from the OCA.org and antiochian.org website is

Troparion (Tone 7) –

Let us praise the seven Maccabees,
with their mother Solomonia and their teacher Eleazar;
they were splendid in lawful contest
as guardians of the teachings of the Law.
Now as Christ’s holy martyrs they ceaselessly intercede for the world.

Kontakion (Tone 2) –

Seven pillars of the Wisdom of God
and seven lampstands of the divine Light,
all-wise Maccabees, greatest of the martyrs before the time of the martyrs,
with them ask the God of all to save those who honor you.

[Kolokotronis]

"Holy ? But no depiction of G-d's Holy Word."

The icon depicts the result of God's salvation, the reality NOW of the theosis of the Old Testament Righteous; there is no need to depict any particular scripture. The Christian viewing this icon and the names on it will know what the scriptures say about them. "Righteous Jews in 175 BCE with "halos" and "christian" crosses ???"

Indeed, the halos because they were Righteous Jews and the crossses because their salvation, just like mine, is from Christ.