Icons of the Mother of God

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Sitka Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

8/21 июля

A copy of the Kazan icon painted in Russia at the request of the Creoles of Sitka and kept in the cathedral there; it has become a symbol of Russian …

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Kazan-Stalingrad Icon of the Mother of God

A copy of the Kazan icon with border scenes, painted for the 60th anniversary of Victory with the blessing of Metropolitan German of Volgograd. It re…

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Shlisselburg Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

8/21 июля

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A Kazan icon from the Oreshek fortress: walled up for about a century in a church turned into a Lutheran kirk by the Swedes, it was miraculously disc…

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Kazimirovo Icon of the Mother of God

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A wonderworking icon associated with the village of Kazimirovo in the Gomel region of Belarus. Lost in the 1930s, it was found again in 2000.

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Kamenets Icon of the Mother of God

According to local tradition, this icon was painted in 1268 by Prince Vladimir Vasilkovich of Volhynia and given to the Church of the Annunciation in…

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Kartushino Icon of the Mother of God

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A locally venerated icon from the village of Kartushino near Starodub (now Bryansk region), which became known for healings in the 1880s. The Virgin …

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Kassiopi Icon of the Mother of God

8/21 мая

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A wonderworking icon from the seaside village of Kassiopi on the island of Corfu. It became famous in the 16th century when a blind man was healed be…

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Kizicheskaya Icon of the Mother of God

A locally venerated icon of the Kizichesky Monastery of the Presentation in Kazan, founded in the second half of the 17th century and named after the…

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Cyprus Icon of the Mother of God (without Throne)

20 апреля/3 мая; 9/22 июля; день Сошествия Святого Духа

Besides the famous image of the enthroned Mother of God, the name “Cyprus” is given to several icons where she is shown without a throne; little reli…

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Kipyazh Icon of the Mother of God

20 апреля/3 мая

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A wonderworking icon of the Mother of God commemorated on 20 April (3 May, New Style). The place and time of its appearance are unknown.

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Klin Icon of the Mother of God

26 июня/9 июля

A revered late 19th-century icon in the academic style, one of the chief treasures of Klin, kept in the town's Church of the “Joy of All Who Sorrow” …

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Icon of the Mother of God "Key of Reason"

Icons of the Mother of God inscribed "Key of Reason" or "Key of Understanding" whose iconography differs from the more common type of the "Key of Und…

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Icon of the Mother of God “The Key of Understanding”

2/15 апреля

A locally venerated icon before which prayers are offered for children beginning their studies and for those who find learning hard; a key is depicte…

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Kodeń Icon of the Mother of God

8/21 сентября

An image from the town of Kodeń on the Western Bug, connected with the Sapieha family. According to tradition, it was brought from Rome in the first …

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Kolodiivka Icon of the Mother of God

29 июня/12 июля; 1/14 октября

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A revealed icon long venerated in the Zhytomyr region, named after the village of Kolodiivka near which it appeared. Its appearance is dated to the y…

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Kolozha Icon of the Mother of God

в первое воскресенье после 11/24 июня

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A wonder-working icon of the Kolozha Monastery of Sts Boris and Gleb in Grodno, deeply venerated in Belarus. Emperor Nicholas II and his family praye…

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Kolomenskaya Icon of the Mother of God

9/22 июня

A locally venerated icon of the Mother of God; according to tradition, its feast on 9/22 June has been kept since 1413.

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Komotovo Icon of the Mother of God

An icon painted in 1944 to commemorate the deliverance of the inhabitants of the Belarusian village of Komotovo from death on 27 March of that year.

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Icon of the Coronation of the Most Holy Mother of God

An allegorical icon in which Jesus Christ and the Lord of Hosts place the crown of the Queen of Heaven on the Mother of God. The subject is connected…

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Korsun Icon of the Mother of God in Usman

9/22 октября

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A wonder-working copy of the Korsun icon in the Epiphany Cathedral of Usman, glorified since the mid-19th century. People especially pray before it f…

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Korsun Icon of the Mother of God of Izborsk

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A small Korsun-type icon from the St Nicholas cathedral in Izborsk. It became famous in 1657 when, during a Swedish invasion, tears flowed from the e…

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Melnya Korsun Icon of the Mother of God

10-я пятница по Пасхе

An exact copy of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God, kept since olden times in the village of Melnya on the Seym River in the Chernigov province. I…

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Nizhyn Korsun Icon of the Mother of God

9/22 октября

A locally venerated copy of the Korsun icon from the Annunciation Monastery in Nizhyn, painted in the first half of the 18th century by a future Metr…

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Korsun Icon of the Mother of God of Pecheniki

9/22 октября

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A revered copy of the Korsun icon associated with the village of Pecheniki in the Starodub district. It was kept in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Hlu…