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.
Chiliandari Icon of Mother of God
Of the Akathistos
Holy Mount Athos
Of the Akathistos
Holy Mount Athos
This is one of the most popular icons from the Holy Mount Athos.
The exact time of its appearance in Russia is unknown. It may be assumed that the copy was brought from Greece to Russia not earlier than the first half of the 19th century. The particular veneration of this icon is connected with a miracle which occurred at the Chiliandari Monastery on Mount Athos.
In 1837, the iconostasis in the cloisters church of which an icon of the Mother of God was part caught fire through carelessness of a cleric (ecclesiarch). Although the iconostasis burned to ashes, the holy image survived.
After its miraculous saving the Akathistos to the Mother of God was read before it, which is why it came to be known as the Icon of the Mother of God Of the Akathistos.
The brethren of the Chiliandari Monastery gave it a second name, Quick to Hearken. The icon was famous both in Greece and in Russia for numerous miracles and cures. Feast day: January 12/25.
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