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.
Icon of Mother of God
The Grower of the Crops
The Grower of the Crops
It was with the blessing of St. Amvrosy, a monk of the Optina Hermitage of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Temple (d. 1891), that this icon was given its name and a feast day was instituted in its honor. The great Starets was canonized at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on June 6, 1988, and on October 16, 1988, Ik Saint's relics were uncovered. The icon was invented in ihe late 19th century and has since wrought a great many miracles and delivered numerous believers from death from starvation. It depicts the Mother of God standing on clouds with Her arms outstretched over a lush grain field. The symbolic meaning of the picture is help bestowed by the Most Holy Theotokos upon people in their labors aimed at winning their daily bread-Feast day: October 15/28.
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