In the Church calendar
Blachernae Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
7/20 июля
- Wonderworking
An ancient icon of the Blachernae Church in Constantinople, by tradition painted by St Luke. It is linked to the origin of the Akathist Saturday, and…
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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In the Church calendar
Vydropusk Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
A Hodegetria icon from the village of Vydropusk in the Novgorod land, glorified in the 15th century: according to tradition, after being carried off …
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Igritsy Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A revealed icon of the Smolensk Hodegetria type, found in 1624 in an abandoned church at Igritsy near Kostroma. The Igritsy-Pesochny Monastery grew u…
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Smolensk-Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
A wall-painted copy of the Smolensk icon made in 1672 on a tower of the Epiphany Monastery in Kostroma; it became famous for surviving unharmed the g…
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Svyatogorsk Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God
17/30 июля
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
An icon that appeared on a pine tree in 1569 to the holy fool and shepherd Timothy; the Svyatogorsk Dormition Monastery in today's Pushkinskiye Gory …
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Sedmiezernaya Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
26 июня/9 июля; 28 июля/10 августа; 13/26 октября
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking Smolensk icon from the Sedmiezernaya Hermitage near Kazan, brought there in the 17th century by the monk Euthymius. It became famous …
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Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” of the Holy Trinity–St Sergius Lavra
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
The wonder-working Smolensk icon of the Holy Trinity–St Sergius Lavra, renowned since the healing of a psalm-reader in 1730. The Lavra's Church of th…
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Ustyuzhna Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
An ancient wonderworking Hodegetria icon from the Cathedral of the Nativity in Ustyuzhna; according to tradition, prayers before it repeatedly saved …
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Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria” of St Christopher
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
The icon of St Christopher of Koryazhma, famed for healings in the monastery he founded in 1555. According to tradition, Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna…
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Shuya Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
28 июля/10 августа; 2/15 ноября; вторник Светлой седмицы
- Wonderworking
A copy of the Smolensk Icon painted in Shuya during the plague of 1654–1655; after prayers before it the epidemic ceased. It is celebrated three time…
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Yug Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A Hodegetria icon brought in 1616 by Schemamonk Dorotheus of the Pskov Caves Monastery to the Yug river near Mologa. Where the icon miraculously “ref…
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Yaroslavl-Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
12/25 октября
- Wonderworking
The cell icon of an archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, from which a voice was heard in 1642; in obedience to this sign it was taken to the n…
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Suprasl Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”
28 июля/10 августа
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking icon of the Suprasl Monastery of the Annunciation near Białystok. The original was lost in 1915; a 19th-century copy is venerated at …
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Ozeryany Icon of the Mother of God
30 октября/12 ноября
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
An icon revealed near Kharkov in the late 16th century: according to tradition, a mower cut it in two with his scythe and found the halves joined aga…
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Okovets (Rzhev) Icon of the Mother of God
11/24 июля
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A revealed icon of the Mother of God with St Nicholas standing beside her, found in 1539 in a forest near Rzhev together with an iron cross. A shrine…
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Orsha Icon of the Mother of God
20 июля/2 августа; 5/18 сентября
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A wonder-working icon that appeared in 1631 at the founding of the Kuteino Monastery of the Theophany near Orsha; it is venerated as the monastery's …
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Ostrobramskaya (Vilnius) Icon of the Mother of God
26 декабря/8 января
- Wonderworking
The principal shrine of Vilnius, kept in the chapel above the Gate of Dawn (Ostra Brama). It is venerated by both Orthodox and Catholics; according t…
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Pisidian Icon of the Mother of God
3/16 сентября
- Wonderworking
- Myrrh-streaming
An ancient myrrh-streaming icon from Sozopolis in Pisidia, Asia Minor, mentioned at the Seventh Ecumenical Council. Miracles associated with it are r…
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Icon of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God
1/14 октября
A feast icon depicting the vision of St Andrew the Fool-for-Christ in the Blachernae church in Constantinople: the Mother of God spreads her veil ove…
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Icon of the Mother of God “Virgin Before and After Childbirth”
17/30 октября
- Wonderworking
A wonderworking icon of the St Nicholas Monastery of Peshnosha near Dmitrov, glorified in 1827. Its name expresses the Church’s teaching on the perpe…
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Icon of the Mother of God “Increase of Reason”
1-е воскресенье после 15/28 августа
- Wonderworking
An icon before which people pray for understanding and help in learning. The Mother of God and the Christ Child are shown in bell-shaped robes before…
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Icon of the Mother of God “Look Upon Humility”
16/29 сентября
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
An icon that appeared in 1420 by Lake Kamennoye in the Pskov land and became known for a sign of bleeding. Its Kyiv copy is widely venerated: in 2001…
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Pskov-Protection Icon of the Mother of God
1/14 октября
An icon painted in memory of the Mother of God's protection of Pskov during the siege by the army of Stephen Báthory in 1581. It depicts the appearan…
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Glinsk Icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God
9/22 сентября; в девятую пятницу по Пасхе
- Wonderworking
- Revealed
A wonder-working icon of the Nativity of the Mother of God that appeared to beekeepers in a forest in the early 16th century; the chief shrine of the…