Icons of the Mother of God

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Icon of the Mother of God “Ever-Virgin”

The icon with which St John of Kronstadt blessed the new abbess of the Ferapontov Convent, the future Martyr Seraphima (Sulimova), in 1906. It accomp…

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Pskov Icon of the Mother of God

An 18th-century image of the Mother of God kept in the Trinity Cathedral of the Pskov Kremlin. According to tradition, during a cholera epidemic the …

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Icon of the Mother of God “The Bedewed Fleece”

31 декабря/13 января

An icon whose name refers to an Old Testament prefiguration — Gideon's fleece wet with heavenly dew, in which the Church sees an image of the Virgin …

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Sokal Icon of the Mother of God “Consolation”

6/19 марта

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A wonder-working copy of the Częstochowa icon from the town of Sokal on the Western Bug, said to have been completed in 1392 by an angel's hand. It i…

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Icon of the Mother of God "Spileotissa" (of the Cave)

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An ancient wonderworking icon of the Greek monastery of Mega Spileo ("Great Cave"): a relief image of the Mother of God and Christ in wax, said to ha…

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Spileotissa (Of the Cave) Icon of the Mother of God of Agrafa

пятница Светлой седмицы

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The wonderworking icon of the Monastery of the Mother of God “of the Cave”, perched on an almost inaccessible peak in the Agrafa mountains of Greece.…

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Icon of the Mother of God “More Honourable than the Cherubim”

A symbolic icon on the words of the hymn “It is truly meet”, glorifying the Mother of God as Queen of Heaven, “more honourable than the Cherubim and …

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Abul Icon of the Mother of God

11/24 июня

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A locally venerated icon which, according to tradition, appeared in Serbia in the late 7th century and was taken to Spain in the 16th century. It bec…

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Icon of the Mother of God “I Am With You and No One Is Against You”

суббота Акафиста (суббота 5-й седмицы Великого поста)

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An icon linked to the Leushino Convent, St John of Kronstadt and St Seraphim of Vyritsa; its name comes from the inscription “I am with you and no on…

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Azov Icon of the Mother of God

28 августа/10 сентября

An icon commemorating Russian victories on the Sea of Azov: the Mother of God is shown against the double-headed eagle, surrounded by saints, the Rus…

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Akathist Icon of the Mother of God of Zographou

10/23 октября

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Wonderworking icon of the Bulgarian Zographou Monastery on Mount Athos. According to tradition, in the 13th century an elder reading the Akathist bef…

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Aksai Icon of the Mother of God

28 июля/10 августа

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A revered Hodegetria icon of the Don Cossacks from the Aksai stanitsa, venerated as wonder-working since the cholera epidemic of 1830 ended through p…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Bematarissa” (“Of the Altar”)

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An ancient icon of St Catherine’s Monastery on Sinai, kept in the sanctuary of its main basilica. According to monastic tradition, the Mother of God …

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Antioch Icon of the Mother of God

23 марта/5 апреля; 28 мая/10 июня

An ancient image whose time and place of appearance are unknown; its name links it to Antioch. It is known from later engravings and menaion icons de…

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Arizona Icon of the Mother of God

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A venerated icon of St Anthony's Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert, USA. The Mother of God is shown enthroned with the Christ Child on her kne…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Aristokratousa”

An icon of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos: a free reworking of the Hodegetria in which the Christ Child almost reclines on His Mother's arm, a pos…

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Armatia Icon of the Mother of God

21 июля/3 августа; 17/30 августа

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An ancient wonder-working icon from the Armatius monastery in Constantinople. Its feast is associated with the deliverance of the Eastern Church from…

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Armenian Icon of the Mother of God

27 июня (по новому стилю)

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An ancient icon which, according to tradition, was brought to Kamianets-Podilskyi by Armenian settlers around 1380. It was venerated by Christians of…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Arsaniotissa” (Haven of Life's Voyages)

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A wonderworking icon of the Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos, once kept in the tower by the monastery harbour. Its Greek name is rendered as “Hav…

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Baibuzy Icon of the Mother of God

26 декабря/8 января

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A revered icon of the Mother of God from the village of Baibuzy in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine. According to local tradition it appeared on the fr…

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Bachkovo Icon of the Mother of God

Светлый понедельник (второй день Пасхи)

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A wonder-working icon of the Bachkovo Monastery near Plovdiv, one of Bulgaria's most revered shrines; every year on Bright Monday it is carried in pr…

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Icon of the Flight into Egypt

A Gospel scene: warned by an angel, the Holy Family flees to Egypt from King Herod.

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Bezhev Icon of the Mother of God

10-я пятница по Пасхе

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Wonderworking icon from the village of Bezhev in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, which according to local tradition appeared on a tree by a stream. I…

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Belovezhskaya Icon of the Mother of God

Вознесение Господне

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A 17th-century icon of the Mother of God said to have appeared on the feast of the Ascension, when it is still celebrated; it was kept in the village…