Icons of the Mother of God

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Ipatiev Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

26 июня/9 июля

A copy of the Tikhvin Icon from the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma. In 1613 the embassy of the Zemsky Sobor carried it when i…

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Weeping Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God

17 февраля/2 марта; 26 июня/9 июля

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An Athonite copy of the Tikhvin icon from the St Elijah Skete, on which the monks saw tears in 1877. It is venerated today as the Weeping Tikhvin Ico…

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Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Bread” (Khlebennaya)

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An icon that appeared in the 1540s to St Philip, the future Metropolitan of Moscow, while he was serving as a baker at the Solovetsky Monastery; henc…

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Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God of Tsivilsk

26 июня/9 июля

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A copy of the Tikhvin icon from the Trinity Cathedral of Tsivilsk; through the Theotokos' intercession the town was delivered in 1670 from an attack …

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Toropets Icon of the Mother of God

9/22 октября

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An ancient Hodegetria icon, by tradition the Ephesus (Korsun) icon of St Euphrosyne of Polotsk, brought to Toropets in 1239; it is now in the State R…

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Trigorye Icon of the Mother of God

7/20 августа

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A wonder-working copy of the Chernigov-Ilyinsky icon, the shrine of the Transfiguration Monastery of Trigorye in Volhynia, to which pilgrims came fro…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Panagia Trypiti”

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An icon of the Mother of God found around 1550 in a seaside cave near Aigio in the northern Peloponnese. It is kept in a church that clings to the cl…

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Beloberezhskaya Icon of the Mother of God “Three-Handed”

28 июня/11 июля

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A wonder-working copy of the “Three-Handed” icon, brought in 1661 to the Beloberezhskaya Hermitage near Bryansk by its founder, Hieromonk Simeon.

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Enthroned Icon of the Mother of God of the Alexander-Svir Monastery

An icon showing the Mother of God seated on a throne with the Child on her knees; its name links it to the Alexander-Svir Monastery.

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Trooditissa Icon of the Mother of God

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The wonderworking icon of the monastery of the same name in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. According to tradition, it was painted by St Luke the Ev…

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Tumba Icon of the Mother of God

9/22 сентября

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An icon named after the island of Tumba, where it appeared. It is known for remaining unharmed when the church burned down after a lightning strike.

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Turkowice Icon of the Mother of God

2/15 июля

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An icon said to have appeared in 1382 near the village of Turkowice (now in Poland), where the cart carrying the icon later called the Częstochowa ic…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Thou Art the Vine”

1/14 января

An icon recognised by the Georgian Orthodox Church, painted after an ancient Cappadocian fresco with an added cluster of grapes. Its feast is kept on…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” from Belostok

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A grace-bearing “Tenderness” icon from the St Michael church in the village of Belostok: a half-length image of the Mother of God with the Child and …

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Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” (shoulder-length variant)

A shoulder-length variant of the “Tenderness” icon, in which the Mother of God and the Child, cheek to cheek, are shown only down to the shoulders. S…

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Belozersk Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”

An ancient 13th-century icon from Belozersk, painted in the tradition of Byzantine art of the Komnenian era.

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Novgorod Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”

8/21 июля

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An icon of the Trinity Church in the Zemskaya sloboda of Novgorod, glorified in 1337 when, according to the chronicle, it stood miraculously in the a…

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Svyatogorsk Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”

19 марта/1 апреля; 9-я пятница по Пасхе (пятница после Недели всех святых)

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A wonderworking icon “Tenderness” from the Svyatogorsky Dormition Monastery at Pushkinskiye Gory, which appeared in the air to the shepherd and fool-…

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Sebezh (Opochka) Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”

14/27 марта

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An ancient icon of the Tenderness type, patroness of the streltsy of Sebezh, which wept in Opochka in 1634. The original disappeared after the Revolu…

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Lokot Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” (Seraphim-Diveyevo)

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A printed image of the “Tenderness” icon, beloved of St Seraphim of Sarov, venerated in the settlement of Lokot (Bryansk region) and described as myr…

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Solovki Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness”

An icon of the “Tenderness” type from the Solovetsky Monastery: the Child presses His cheek to His Mother's and touches Her chin with His right hand.

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Icon of the Mother of God “Softener of Evil Hearts” (copy of the Rudnya icon)

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A version of the “Softener of Evil Hearts” without the piercing swords: copies of the Rudnya icon, close to the Częstochowa type, venerated in Ukrain…

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Icon of the Mother of God “Softening of Evil Hearts” (atypical variants)

Icons inscribed “Softening of Evil Hearts” whose iconography differs from the usual types of this image.

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Icon of the Mother of God “Softener of Evil Hearts” (“Sorrowful”) with One Sword

An image of the sorrowing Mother of God with a single sword at her heart, a sign of Simeon's prophecy: “a sword shall pierce through thy own soul als…