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Alexandria Icon of the Mother of God
1/14 сентября
An icon of the Mother of God with the Child named after Alexandria in Egypt, one of the earliest centres of Christianity. Its history has not survive…
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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Andronikos Icon of the Mother of God
1/14 мая; 22 октября/4 ноября
- Wonderworking
An ancient Greek icon which, according to tradition, was the family shrine of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Kept in Monemvasia fr…
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Arapet Icon of the Mother of God
6/19 сентября
One of the most ancient icons of the Mother of God, known chiefly by name: nothing certain is known of where or when it appeared. It is also called t…
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Akhtyrka-Achair Icon of the Mother of God
2/15 августа
An icon painted in 2002 by the Omsk iconographer Gennady Adaev after the Akhtyrka icon: together with the Mother of God, the New Martyrs of Omsk stan…
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Balykino Icon of the Mother of God
30 июня/13 июля; 10-я пятница по Пасхе
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking icon from the village of Balykino near Starodub. It became known in 1711, during the war with Sweden, when tears were seen flowing fr…
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Barlovskaya Icon of the Mother of God
26 декабря/8 января
According to tradition, this icon was brought to Moscow from Bari in Italy in 1392 and kept for centuries in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the…
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Bar Icon of the Mother of God
1/14 октября
- Wonderworking
An ancient wonderworking icon of the Protection monastery in Bar, Podolia (now Vinnytsia region, Ukraine). Its feast on 1/14 October was established …
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Belynichi Icon of the Mother of God
12/25 апреля
- Wonderworking
An ancient wonder-working icon of Belarus, said to have been brought to Belynichi by monks in the 13th century. The original disappeared after the re…
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Besednaya (“Conversation”) Icon of the Mother of God
14/27 августа
The icon shows the Mother of God and St Nicholas speaking with Georgy, a sexton of Tikhvin, around 1383. In the 16th century the Besedny Monastery wa…
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Icon of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos
25 марта/7 апреля
The feast icon of the Annunciation, one of the Twelve Great Feasts, when the Archangel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that She would become the…
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Annunciation Mosaic of St Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv
25 марта/7 апреля
The Annunciation mosaic on the altar pillars of St Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv, showing the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin holding a spindle.
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Moscow Icon of the Mother of God “The Annunciation”
25 марта/7 апреля
The Moscow icon of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, commemorated on the day of the great feast itself, 25 March (7 April).
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Ustyug Icon of the Mother of God “The Annunciation”
8/21 июля
- Wonderworking
- Myrrh-streaming
An ancient icon of the Annunciation before which, according to the Life of St Procopius of Ustyug, the people of Veliky Ustyug prayed to be spared a …
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Icon of the Mother of God "Blessed Heaven"
6/19 марта; Неделя всех святых
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking icon in the iconostasis of the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, showing the Mother of God full-length with the Child in a r…
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Zimarovo Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God
18 июня/1 июля; местно — 25 марта/7 апреля
- Wonderworking
An ancient copy of the Bogolyubskaya icon which, by tradition, hung over the gates of Pronsk and miraculously grew together after being split by the …
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Moscow Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God
18 июня/1 июля
- Wonderworking
The Moscow version of the Bogolyubskaya icon, showing the Mother of God in prayer before Christ together with revered Moscow saints; it hung over the…
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Borkolabovo Icon of the Mother of God
11/24 июля
- Wonderworking
One of the most venerated icons in Belarus. According to the convent's records, in 1659 the icon miraculously could not be moved on reaching the Bork…
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Brailov Icon of the Mother of God
1/14 октября
- Wonderworking
An ancient icon of the Holy Trinity Convent in Brailov, Podolia, known since the 16th century and venerated by both Orthodox and Catholic believers.
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Valaam Icon of the Mother of God
первое воскресенье после 29 июня
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
Painted in 1878 by the Valaam icon painter Alipy and glorified in 1897 by a miraculous healing. Since 1940 the original has been kept at New Valaam M…
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Ugresha Icon of the Mother of God “Leaping of the Infant”
7/20 ноября
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A wonderworking icon of the St Nicholas Monastery at Ugresha near Moscow, which appeared on 7 November 1795. The Child presses his cheek to his Mothe…
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Zvonari Icon of the Mother of God “Seeker of the Perishing”
A revered “Seeker of the Perishing” icon from the Moscow church of St Nicholas in Zvonari, the church's main treasure until its closure in 1934.
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Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of Krasnaya Gora
21 мая/3 июня
- Wonderworking
A revered copy of the Vladimir icon glorified in 1603 on the Pinega River in the Russian North; at the Mother of God's command it was taken to Black …
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Myrrh-Streaming Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
- Wonderworking
- Myrrh-streaming
A myrrh-streaming copy of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, venerated at the Convent of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Grodno.
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Vladimir-Oranki Icon of the Mother of God
21 мая/3 июня
- Wonderworking
A copy of the Vladimir icon painted in Moscow for the Nizhny Novgorod landowner Pyotr Gladkov and glorified in 1634; the founding of the Oranki Monas…