Icons of the Mother of God
Icon of the Mother of God “The Unfading Bloom”
The “Unfading Bloom” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. On this icon the Most Holy Theotokos holds Her Divine Son upon Her right arm, and in Her left hand is a bouquet of white lilies. This bouquet symbolically signifies the unfading flower of virginity and spotlessness of the All-Pure…
Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperovsk
The Kasperov Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Tradition says that this holy icon had been brought to Cherson from Transylvania by a Serb at the end of the sixteenth century. Passing down from parent and child, the icon had come to a certain Mrs. Kasperova of Cherson in 1809. One night in February…
Spanish Icon of the Mother of God
The Spanish Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, which is one of the Panachranta type, depicts the Mother of God seated upon a throne.
Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev
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Icon of the Mother of God from Belinichsk
The Belynich Icon of the Mother of God initially was in one of the Orthodox churches of the Mogilev district. After the emergence of the Unia (1596) the icon passed into the hands of the Catholics and was placed in a church of the Belynich Catholic monastery, founded in 1622-1624 by the hetman of…
Icon of the Mother of God from Murom
The Murom Icon of the Mother of God was transferred to Murom from Kiev by the enlightener of this remote region, the holy Prince Constantine (May 21), in the twelfth century. St Constantine urged the pagans to accept Christianity, but they were stubborn and decided to murder the prince. Learning of…
Icon of the Mother of God from Vilensk
The Vilnius (Vilna) Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the holy Evangelist Luke. For a long time it was in the family of the Greek emperors at Constantinople. In 1472 Sophia Paleologina, wife of the Moscow Great Prince Ivan III (1462-1505), transferred the icon to Moscow. In 1495 the Great…
Weeping Icon of the Mother of God “ILYIN CHERNIGOV”
The Ilyin-Chernigov Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the year 1658 by the iconographer Gregory Dubensky, (Gennadius in monasticism). Tears flowed from the icon for eight days in 1662, from April 16-24. In this same year Tatars descended upon Chernigov and devastated it. At midnight they…
Icon of the Mother of God Maximovsk
The Maximov Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the year 1299 following Her appearance to St Maximus, Metropolitan of Vladimir (December 6). A description of this vision was inscribed on the left side of his crypt. The icon shows the Mother of God in full stature with the Christ Child in Her…
Molchensk Icon of the Mother of God
The Molcha Icon of the Mother of God appeared on September 18, 1405 in the Molcha swampland not far from Putivl. At first it was in the Molcha Sophroniev wilderness monastery, but it was transferred to the Putivl monastery on April 24, 1605.
Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople
The Constantinople Icon of the Theotokos is locally venerated at Moscow’s Dormition church on Malaya Dimitrovka. This image is different from the Constantinople Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos celebrated on September 17, although it appears to be a copy of it. The wonderworking…
Icon of the Mother of God of Mozdoksk and Dubensk-Krasnogorsk
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Icon of the Mother of God “Of The Passion”
The Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Passion” The icon received its name because on either side of the Mother of God are two angels with the implements of the Lord’s suffering: the Cross, the lance, and the sponge. There was a certain pious woman, Katherine, who began to suffer…