Icons of the Mother of God

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Varnakova Icon of the Mother of God

An ancient revered Hodegetria icon from the Greek monastery of Panagia Varnakova near Nafpaktos. By tradition it came from Varna in Bulgaria; it was …

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Vasilkovo Icon of the Mother of God

24 октября/6 ноября; 10-я пятница по Пасхе

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A revealed icon from near Białystok: according to tradition, in the 15th century it was found by the blind beggar Vasily beside a miraculous spring w…

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Vaskovo Icon of the Mother of God

Неделя о Фоме (Антипасха)

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An icon that appeared around 1760 on Vaskovo island in Polesia and was later moved to Yelsk. The original disappeared in the 1920s; its feast is kept…

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Icon of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

21 ноября/4 декабря

The festal icon of one of the Twelve Great Feasts: the three-year-old Virgin Mary is brought to the Temple in Jerusalem and led by the high priest in…

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Velizh Icon of the Mother of God

9/22 мая; 8/21 сентября; 6/19 декабря

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A wonder-working Hodegetria icon, protector of the town of Velizh; in the 17th century it hung above the castle gates, hence its other name, 'of the …

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Icon of the Mother of God “My Soul Magnifies the Lord”

Allegorical mid-17th-century icon by Yaroslavl painters illustrating the Song of the Theotokos, “My soul magnifies the Lord” (Luke 1:46).

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Venetskaya Icon of the Mother of God

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A wonder-working icon, the chief treasure of the Holy Trinity Church in the old Ural village of Ust-Nitsinskoye (Sverdlovsk region).

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Vienna Icon of the Mother of God "in Hungary"

15/28 февраля

An icon of the Mother of God whose appearance is dated to 1570; according to tradition it came to Russia from Hungary by way of Mount Athos and was l…

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Icon of the Mother of God “The Enclosed Garden”

A symbolic 17th-century icon whose name comes from the Song of Songs (“a garden enclosed”); it represents the garden of the Heavenly Jerusalem.

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Icon of the Mother of God “The Leaping of the Child”

7/20 ноября

A variant of the Tenderness (Eleusa) type in which the Christ Child is shown playing, reaching for His Mother’s face with His head thrown back. Such …

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Euchaita Icon of the Mother of God “Leaping of the Child”

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A wonder-working processional icon of the Serbian monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos, venerated since the mid-14th century. According to tradition,…

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Belev Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”

5/18 февраля; 7/20 апреля; среда Светлой седмицы

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The principal shrine of the Belev Convent of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the Rivne region of Ukraine. According to tradition, it was brought fro…

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Bor Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”

5/18 февраля

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A copy of the icon “Seeker of the Perishing” commissioned by the peasant Feodot Obukhov in thanksgiving for his rescue from a blizzard on the eve of …

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Volga Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”

A modern icon painted at the Optina Hermitage after a vision granted to a woman of Astrakhan: the Mother of God with the Child on the bank of the Vol…

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Vinnitsa-Rozhetsk Icon of the Mother of God

25 августа/7 сентября

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A revered icon of the Rozhetsk convent near Vinnitsa, known as the “Fire” icon: in the 18th century it alone survived when fire destroyed the monaste…

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Bethlehem Icon of the Mother of God

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A revered icon in the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, a rare image in which the Mother of God smiles. Tradition holds that it was painted in R…

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Korma Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

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Half of an old copy of the Vladimir icon, rescued from the fire when the Church of the Protection in Korma was closed in the 1930s. According to loca…

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Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of Nerekhta

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A wonder-working copy of the Vladimir icon, brought from Yaroslavl to Nerekhta in 1634 at the command of the Mother of God, who appeared three times …

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Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of Ordynsk-Porechye

21 мая/3 июня

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A revered copy of the Vladimir Icon from the Ordynsk hermitage in the Smolensk region. According to tradition, it was the only thing to survive the f…

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Troyekurovo Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

24 мая/6 июня

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A locally venerated wonder-working copy of the Vladimir icon in the Troyekurovo convent (Lipetsk region), where the relics of St Hilarion of Troyekur…

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Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of Florishcheva Hermitage

21 мая/3 июня

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A locally venerated copy of the Vladimir icon from the Florishcheva Dormition Hermitage near Gorokhovets, painted according to tradition in 1464. Man…

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Chuguev Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir

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A copy of the Vladimir icon found in the late 17th century by a monk of the Chuguev monastery near a forest spring. It was venerated as wonder-workin…

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Icon of the Mother of God “The Blachernae Miracle”

A narrative icon of the appearance of the Mother of God at Blachernae to the builders from Constantinople whom she sent to Kiev to build the Dormitio…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Giver of Water”

11/24 октября

An icon of the Mother of God commemorated on 11 (24) October. No reliable information about its origin has survived.