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.
Kolynov Icon
of the
Mother of God
of the
Mother of God
This locally venerated copy of a miracle-working icon is one of the versions of the Icon of the Mother of God "Eleusa,"
No records of miracles wrought by the icon have come down to us. The reverse side of the icon bears the following inscription: "In the year 7192 (1684), in the month of August, this holy image was painted by Yaroslavl icon-painter Semyon Ivanov in Yaroslavl for the cathedral and apostolic church under Archpriest Aniky."
The origin of the icon's name and its historical destiny are not clear. It may be assumed that the prototype of this iconographic type was a miraculous icon from the town of Khlynov (Vyatka). The whereabouts of the icon's original are unknown. There is no special feast day in honor of this icon.
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