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Nemyriv Icon of the Mother of God
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking icon of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Nemyriv, Podolia, which survived a fire in 1845. St Nicholas is depicted on it beside the Mothe…
Icons of the Mother of God
Wonderworking and revered icons of the Most Holy Theotokos: the story of each icon, its feast days in the Church calendar, and images.
Images are from the PravIcon.com catalogue.
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Icon of the Mother of God "The Burning Bush" (non-traditional iconography)
Images of the "Burning Bush" that do not follow the familiar Russian composition — above all Byzantine and Greek icons showing Moses before the bush …
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Icon of the Mother of God “The Expectant Mother”
23 августа/5 сентября
An image of the Theotokos carrying the Christ Child in her womb; women who long to have a child pray before it in particular.
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Icon of the Mother of God “The Impassable Door”
- Wonderworking
An icon whose name goes back to the Old Testament image of the shut gate, a prefiguration of the ever-virginity of the Mother of God. In the 17th cen…
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Icon of the Mother of God “Weep Not for Me, O Mother”
An image of the Mother of God mourning over her dead Son, named after a hymn of Holy Saturday. It is also known as the Lamentation of Christ.
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Icon of the Mother of God “Unburnt in the Fire” (Hilandar)
12/25 января
- Wonderworking
An icon of Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos that survived the devastating fire of 1711, although the building in which it was kept burned down.
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Icon of the Mother of God “The Unfading Rose”
A Balkan variant of the icon “The Unfading Bloom”. The flower in the hand of the Mother of God symbolises Her unfading purity.
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Icon of the Mother of God “The Unquenchable Lamp”
An icon painted in Stavropol in the early 1990s in memory of a sign before the “Reigning” icon, when a lamp without oil lit by itself. It is kept in …
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Icon of the Mother of God “Neamonitissa” (Nea Moni, Chios)
20 мая/2 июня
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A wonderworking icon that appeared in the 11th century on the island of Chios, where the famous monastery of Nea Moni, the “New Monastery”, grew up o…
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Novye Kaidaki Icon of the Mother of God
24 октября/6 ноября
- Wonderworking
A shrine of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, brought from the Sich to Novye Kaidaki near Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro). As the Samara icon it is venerated as …
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New Neamț Icon of the Mother of God
A copy of the wonderworking Neamț Icon of the Mother of God, kept at the New Neamț Monastery of the Ascension in the village of Chițcani on the Dnies…
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Novy Sverzhen Icon of the Mother of God
22 марта/4 апреля
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A Belarusian shrine that, according to tradition, appeared around 1500 in the town of Novy Sverzhen. In the 17th century many healings before it were…
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Icon of the Mother of God “The Father's Embrace”
8/21 июля; 22 октября/4 ноября
A shrine of the Ussuri region painted by the Athonite iconographer Hieromonk Alexy (Oskolkov), founder of the Holy Trinity–St Nicholas Monastery near…
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Icon of the Mother of God “Holy Intercessor for Sinners”
An icon of the Mother of God venerated at the Convent of St George in the village of Danivka, Chernihiv region.
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Icon of the Mother of God “O Most Pure Virgin, Chosen from All Generations”
A rare early 18th-century icon from the Russian North: beside the Mother of God are a sword joined to the Cross and the instruments of the Passion — …
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Abalak Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
A Hodegetria-type icon of the Mother of God bearing the name of Abalak. Nothing is known of its origin.
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Don Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” of the Sofroniev Hermitage
19 августа/1 сентября
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An icon brought to the Sofroniev Hermitage in 1733 by the Don Cossack Ioann Kolovertov in fulfilment of a long-standing vow. He was healed as soon as…
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Xenophontos Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
- Wonderworking
An Athonite icon kept from time immemorial at Vatopedi Monastery, which in 1730 twice miraculously went over to the Monastery of Xenophontos, where i…
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Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” from Sveaborg
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking Smolensk icon from the Cathedral of St Alexander Nevsky in the Sveaborg fortress near Helsingfors, linked to the memory of the fortre…
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Baitaly Smolensk Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God
- Wonderworking
- Myrrh-streaming
A revered Smolensk Hodegetria icon more than two hundred years old, kept at the convent in the village of Baitaly, Odesa region. It has been streamin…
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Belgorod Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God (Hodegetria)
28 июля/10 августа
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A copy of the Smolensk Hodegetria placed above the city gates of Belgorod in the 17th century and glorified in 1703 by a miraculous light and a candl…
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Smolensk Gustyn Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking Smolensk Hodegetria icon from the Holy Trinity Monastery of Gustyn near Pryluky. Its second name, “of the Fair”, comes from the custo…
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Smolensk Ioasaf Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
An ancient Smolensk Hodegetria icon that belonged to Patriarch Ioasaf I and was kept in the Cathedral of the Archangel in the Moscow Kremlin.
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Smolensk Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God of St Cyril of White Lake
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
The cell icon of St Cyril of White Lake, which he brought in 1397 from the Simonov Monastery in Moscow to Beloozero. It was venerated as wonderworkin…