Icons of Mary holding her Son Jesus have been popular since the Council of Ephesus which in 431 solemnly declared Mary to be the Theotokos or Mother of God.
St. Luke was the first one who painted the "Theotokos", "Mother of God", while she was still alive. He is credited with three icons of the "Panagia", in one case using the wooden table where Mary and St. John ate their meals.
Throughout history, many Icons of the Most Holy Mother of God have had miracles attributed to them.
In addition, there are those Icons which may not have been miracle working, but still been venerated with the hope of intercession from the Mother of God.
St. Luke was the first one who painted the "Theotokos", "Mother of God", while she was still alive. He is credited with three icons of the "Panagia", in one case using the wooden table where Mary and St. John ate their meals.
Throughout history, many Icons of the Most Holy Mother of God have had miracles attributed to them.
In addition, there are those Icons which may not have been miracle working, but still been venerated with the hope of intercession from the Mother of God.
Iveron Icon
Byzantine-Nicea
Byzantine-Nicea
The Mother of God Iveron Icon was in the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos from the year 999. This Icon miraculously came to the Holy Mount Athos floating on the waters of the Marmara Sea during the Byzantine Iconoclastic controversy in the 9th century. Apparently to preserve the Icon from destruction, the faithful placed it in the waters at Nicea in the 9th century and it made its way to Athos.
During the time of the celebrated patriarch Nikon, when he was still an archimandrite of the New Savior Monastery, he commissioned that a copy be made of the Icon in 1648 and had it brought to Moscow. Almost immediately, the copy an exact replica, became highly venerated because of the great many miracles which took place at her original shrine in the Iveron Monastery.
The Icon in Moscow was soon glorified by the numerous miracles and countless cures attributed to it.
The feastday of the Iveron is celebrated on the second day of Bright Week; on 12 February, the day on which it miraculously appeared to the brethren of the Mount Athos Iveron Monastery; and, on 13 October, to commemorate her arrival in Moscow from Athos.
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