Icons of the Mother of God

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Volhynian Icon of the Mother of God

30 июня/13 июля

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An ancient icon of the Volhynian school from Lutsk, dating from the late 13th or early 14th century. According to tradition, this stern image of the …

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Volno Icon of the Mother of God

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A wonderworking icon from the village of Volno in the Brest region of Belarus, said to have been painted in Nesvizh in the second half of the 16th ce…

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Vorgol Icon of the Mother of God

30 июля/12 августа; десятая пятница по Пасхе

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An ancient wonderworking icon from the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the village of Vorgol (Chernigov province). It was lost in Soviet t…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Who Admonished the Ecclesiarch”

12/25 января

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A wonderworking icon of the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos. It takes its name from the monastic tradition of how it brought to his senses an eccle…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Giver of Understanding”

A full-length image of the Mother of God holding the Christ Child, of the Hodegetria type. It is also known as “Key of Understanding”.

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Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” of St Petersburg

24 октября/6 ноября

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A copy of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” icon brought to St Petersburg in 1711 by Tsarevna Natalia Alexeyevna, sister of Peter the Great. It accompanied…

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Karandeevka Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”

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A wonder-working icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” from the village of Karandeevka, long venerated in the Tambov region; it is now in the Church of the Ar…

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Harbin Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"

An old icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" from the church of the House of Mercy in Harbin, founded in the 1920s by Bishop Nestor; a revered shrine of the R…

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Icon of the Meeting of the Mother of God and Righteous Elizabeth

An icon of the Gospel event of the Visitation, when the Virgin Mary visited righteous Elizabeth, the future mother of St John the Baptist. The subjec…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Voulkaniotissa”

20 сентября н.ст. (???)

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A Greek icon which, according to tradition, was found in a forest on Mount Voulkano in Messenia with a candle burning before it. The Voulkano Monaste…

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Vutivan Icon of the Mother of God

2/15 мая

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A wonder-working icon whose place and time of appearance are unknown. It is known by its image: the Mother of God enthroned with the Child, flanked b…

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Varzaresti Icon of the Mother of God

в день Вознесения Господня

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A wonderworking icon of the Convent of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the village of Varzaresti, Moldova. It survived a great fire unharmed and in …

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Gelati Icon of the Mother of God

15/28 августа

A chased icon of gilded silver kept at the Gelati Monastery near Kutaisi in western Georgia. According to tradition, it was brought to the monastery …

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Bulgarian Icon of the Mother of God with St George

A Bulgarian Hodegetria icon of 1840 with St George, painted by Petar Minzhov for the church in the village of Dripchevo; now in the National Museum o…

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St Germanus Icon of the Mother of God

12/25 октября

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A wonderworking image linked by church tradition to St Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople and defender of the holy icons: as a child he is said to…

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Gidle Icon of the Mother of God

3/16 марта

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A small stone image of the Mother of God which, according to tradition, a peasant found while ploughing a field in the village of Gidle in Poland. It…

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Golubinskaya Icon of the Mother of God (“with Doves”)

12/25 июня

An icon on which the Christ Child holds two doves in His hands. In the early 20th century it was kept in the Church of the Resurrection in Torzhok.

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Icon of the Mother of God “The Mountain Uncut by Hands”

A rare symbolic image of Old Russian icon painting: the Mother of God is likened to the mountain from which, in Daniel's prophecy, a stone was cut ou…

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Gorbatsevichi Icon of the Mother of God

2/15 июля

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A wonderworking icon said to have been found in the early 17th century in the hollow of a linden tree near the village of Gorbatsevichi near Babruysk…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Lady of the Angels”

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A small icon miraculously found at sea by the Athonite monk Longinus; it is venerated at a hermitage in Katounakia, on the rocky south-western coast …

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Grigoriou Icon of the Mother of God

30 ноября/13 декабря

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The principal shrine of the Grigoriou Monastery on Mount Athos, a gift of the Moldavian ruler Maria Palaiologina. It twice survived fires; its feast …

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Gruzdovo Icon of the Mother of God

2/15 июня

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A wonder-working icon, probably of the 15th century, from the village of Gruzdovo near Vilna; a venerated copy is kept in the Church of the Protectio…

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Georgian Icon of the Mother of God (Raifa)

22 августа/4 сентября

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A wonder-working copy of the Georgian icon of the Mother of God, the principal shrine of the Raifa Monastery of the Mother of God near Kazan.

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Dalmatskaya Icon of the Mother of God

An image of the Mother of God called “Dalmatskaya”, known only from depictions on old multi-panel icons. It should not be confused with the wonderwor…