The Appearance of the Most Holy Mother of God to the Monk Sergei of Radonezh

Commemorated on August 24
One time, in the deep of night, the Monk Sergei (1314-1392) was reading an Akathist to the Mother of God. Having finished his habitual rule, he sat down to rest a bit, but suddenly he said to his cell-mate, the Monk Mikhei (+ 6 May 1385): “Take courage, child, we shall have [...]

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The Gruzinian (Georgian) Icon of the Mother of God

In 1622 the Persian shah Abbas conquered Gruzia. Many Christian holy things were plundered and many such were sold to the Russian merchants that were in Persia. Thus, the Gruzinian Icon of the Mother of God came the way of a certain merchant named Stefan, who piously kept it. During this time in Yaroslavl’ the [...]

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