Myrrh-Streaming Icon "Mother of God Seven Arrows" in our time is in the church of the Archangel Michael, located on Virgin's Field in Moscow.Holy image displayed on the prophecies of the holy old man Simeon.
story of the birth of the icon
This learned man, translating into Greek Scriptures, questioned the Immaculate Conception, that is, he wanted the word "virgin", considering it a typographical error, replace the word "wife."For this he was destined to live as long as does not come a moment meeting with the Savior personally.The meeting took place, and it happened at the Temple of Jerusalem, on the day of the Presentation of the Lord - one of the greatest Christian holidays, when Jesus reached the age of 40 days, the old man of nearly 300 years.His eyes opened depth of anguish and suffering to which doomed the holy mother and son.Meru suffering for Mary Simeon figuratively identified seven arrows, which pierced her heart.Therefore, the icon of "Mother of God Seven Arrows", as a single with her iconography "Softener of Evil Hearts", depict the Virgin (without the Son), which pierce the heart of the 7 arrows or swords, located on either side of the Virgin Mary.If the swords 6, at the hands of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus.Some sources link the number 7, not only with the suffering that fell to its lot, but with the number of the most serious human sins from which the Ever-Virgin wants to protect people.
Myths about the icon Semistrelnaya
icon itself "Semistrelnaya Mother of God," an incredibly revered Orthodox, has its own history.We found it in the Vologda region in the 17th century, when the terminally ill peasant was a revelation in a dream.He was told in the belfry of St. John the Theologian Church, which is located near the river vomiting, find the icon, praying that he will recover.Three times he was not allowed into the bell tower, saying that there are no images.The search lasted for a long time, and the image found on the stairs, in the dust and dirt, where she served as a stepping stone back side.Icon "Mother of God Seven Arrows" was done on canvas and attached to the board.After restoration (washing and cleaning), it was suggested that a list of ancient icons of northern peoples of Russia, which is at least 600 years.Farmer Kadikovskogo county Vologda province fully recovered, and the fame of the miraculous icon spread throughout the county.But nation-wide fame came to her after 1830, when the Vologda Province swept the cholera epidemic.
Icon, bearing peace and protection
«Seven Arrows icon Mother of God," Hymn and divine texts read in her honor at a time when the holy image was surrounded on the perimeter of the city, Vologda saved from cholera.Grateful residents on equity ordered list (a copy of) the miraculous icon.The city lived under its protection.After the revolution, and the list became Mirotochivogo and miraculous, and she found the missing icon.
Icon "Softener of Evil Hearts" (the second of its name "Simeon prophetically"), as well as an icon "Seven Arrows", the value of prayer, Akathist, honoring them identical, belong to the same type of iconography.This holy image of the incredible demand, since, along with the physical and spiritual healing, protects a person from anger and hatred of both external and internal.In recent years, many believers are turning it to the shrine in front of any litigation in the days of gloom and ask Mary for mercy and reconciliation of warring.
