fact, with what love bent over his son Holy Mother of God, how closely pressed it to his schёchke and with what grace looks at everyone who crouches with prayers to her image, proves how much she loved the Immaculate and Holy Virgin of his sonand all the people.How much light in these bottomless eyes, how much kindness, how much dedication!Looking at this marvelous icon, I want to forget about all the pressing issues and worldly affairs.
Who wrote this great image
According to legend, Korsun Mother of God icon was painted by the Apostle Luke.Holy Mother of God, as she saw the shrine, were amazed, and said these words: "Grace rozhdshegosya from me and be with my sow the icon."
Description icons
Unfortunately, over time, a little icon will change the color.It acquired a dark shade, but in spite of this, on the face of this day comes the incredible power.
shrines length - 80 cm, width - 62.3 cm. The upper garment of the Holy Virgin in red, the bottom - dark blue.The baby is shown in dark green dress.On the back of the shrine, you can see the image of St. Nicholas.
Icon has a very interesting distinguishing feature - a plechnoe image of the Virgin and her Child.The attention of the artist is most focused on the gestures and the look of Mary and Jesus.Luke wanted to portray the infinite love and patronage of the Blessed Virgin to the world.
very impressively described the hands and fingers.In his right hand the Child compressed scroll, and the left - mafory Virgin.The hands of the Blessed Virgin tenderly embrace of Jesus, showing how she cherishes her son.
This description is true icons.There also put the images, which are also of great importance for the faithful.
Interesting events and chronology
about how wonderful the shrine was on the territory of the Russian land, tells two legends, we will tell you now.
Volodymyr the Great
first legend says that Kiev Prince Vladimir was eager to intermarry with the emperor of Byzantium, in order to help him crush the pesky rebels.For this, he wooed his charming sister Annushka.She agreed to marry the prince.The only obstacle to the marriage of Vladimir had faith, because he was a Gentile.Anna insisted that the prince became a Christian, to which he quickly agreed to deserve the trust of beauty.
Later, in the city of Korsun was a ceremonial wedding of Vladimir and Anna.After this momentous event the couple went to Kiev.On their long journey, and blessed is the same Korsun Icon of Our Lady, which the Prince took with him to his homeland.From Kiev, the image was in Novgorod, then - in Moscow, where he was placed in the Kremlin's Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.
Euphrosyne of Polotsk
second legend says that the icon of the Korsun, the value of which is huge, got into Russia through the efforts of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk.At the end of the 12th century under the leadership of it it was built the convent, which is very needed in the icons.Having learned that at Ephesus have miraculous image, which is written by the apostle of God Luke Yefrosinya immediately sent a messenger with a request to give Michael's monastery this holy icon.The Byzantines agreed and Korsun Icon of the Mother went to Polotsk.Along the way, Michael paid a visit to the city of Korsun, hence the name.
The further fate of the icon
In 1239, St. Euphrosyne to marry his beloved great-niece of Alexander Nevsky Yaroslav.Their marriage Polotsk blessed icon of the Korsun Mother of God, and then brought her girlfriend a gift.Later, Alexander gave the city Toropets icon.As mentioned in the legend, the shrine several times guarded the town from violent attacks by the Lithuanians.Thousands of people prayed before the holy face during a terrible epidemic that struck Toropets.When in 1812 the French were approaching the city, local residents, fearing for the shrine, took her to the outskirts.After this, Toropets was the news that Napoleon decided to change his route and went around the city side.Then again he took sanctuary the church of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God.
In 1917 churches across the country were subjected to destruction.Fearing for the sanctuary, the clergy decided to give the icon to the preservation of the Russian Museum (St. Petersburg).After the end of repression temple Korsun Mother of God repeatedly tried to return to their image of the wall, but the authorities decided that the shrine is the property of the state, and refused to give it.Korsun Icon of Our Lady, and to this day kept in the Russian Museum.
Error restorers
After the shrine passed into the possession of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the famous experts was commissioned to restore the icon.They are so busy with their work that made a huge mistake in thinking that the clean image of soot.In fact, it was the dark skin of the Blessed Virgin and her young child.That is how they were portrayed on the ancient Byzantine imagery.
What pray before this image?
For seven centuries the icon helps believers to cope with disease, miseries and grief.Before the face of the Korsun Mother of God pray for deliverance from grief, sorrow, from mental and physical ailments of poverty.Farmers and agricultural workers are asked to improved weather conditions and gather a rich harvest.
Pray Blessed Virgin Mary with an open heart and dedication, and you're sure to be heard.
