Icon "healer" of the Blessed Virgin

Have you heard that Jesus Christ and the Holy Mother of God work miracles of healing and to this day?How?The answer is quite simple.Through its Faces of Saints, and many people who got rid of them with help from their many years iznemozhdayuschih disease is confirmed.An example of these is the icon of the miraculous healings "healer" who gave and helped save the lives of seriously ill people for the past hundred years.Our article will be devoted to this very precious icon of carrying a positive energy and infinite heavenly trend.

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Icon of Our Lady "healer" is one of the most ancient and holy of holies Faces.It is written in the days of St Nina, who at the time was the enlightener of Georgia, in the IV century.Store and read "The Healer" in Tselihanskom Kartalinia temple, where people come who have lost hope for recovery.

Unfortunately, the true image of the icon of IV century could not be saved, it's been a very long time.Therefore, to understand what was depicted in the Georgian original to say is difficult.Perhaps, it was presented to the Mother of God, which is bent over the ailing man, anyway, tell no one can.But to this day still I reached one of the miraculous Virgin Faces "Healer", which only at the end of XVIII became famous in Russia.The history of its origin, and we will tell you the following.

A Brief History of the miraculous icon of writing

It's really sacred event took place in Moscow at the end of the XVIII century.At that time, there lived a bogosluzhitel named Vincent Bulveninsky.This man had an unusual habit that characterized him as a believer and a real devotee of St. Mary of man.So, as soon as he came to the church or out of it, then immediately fell to his knees before the image of the Holy Mother of God and spoke the same words: "Rejoice, Marie!Lord is with you!Blessed is the womb yours, which bore the Christ, and the breasts that fed him, our Saviour! ".

After a while Vincent has overcome death illness from which his tongue was black, and the pain was so strong that drove him crazy.Once bogosluzhitel came to himself, he immediately began to read the prayer to the Holy Virgin and the Lord, without a moment's asking them for healing.One day, after Vincent has come back to life after the next attack of pain, he began to pray to the Virgin and saw standing at the head of his bed silhouette, which is very much like the angels in heaven.Together with Vikentiy newcomer began to pray and cry out to the Mother of God.After that, there was an inexplicable miracle - Holy Mother of God, is completely surrounded by the light, I came to them and healed Vincent.

Being completely healthy, a man walked into the church, fell to his knees and began to pray.The surrounding bogosluzhiteli not believe their eyes, as foreshadowed Vikenty painful death."What happened?" - I asked him around.The man told them the truth than all the others also came to pray and give thanks to the Most Holy Mother of God for the opportunity to live and walk through the land of the Lord.

This miraculous healing and was the reason for writing the icon "healer", copies of which to this day adorn virtually all hospital churches and chapels.

This story was described in a book called "Fleece Oroshёnnoe", which was written by the saint of God Dmitri of Rostov.Where

currently kept Holy Face?

Icon "healer" only in the 18th century has been glorified in Russia.Every day, thousands of Christians have come to appeal to her aid, and just pray.And in the most difficult situations, people who came to her with a request for recovery, were healed.

Store first icon "healer" in Moscow on the territory of Alekseevskogo convent.During the invasion of Napoleon's enemy grenadiers destroyed monastery.Almost all the buildings except the cathedral church, burned.All church property, including the icons, were buried under the ground.Above the pits holy Magdalene delivered with sick bed.Occupants were afraid to approach him, fearing to catch, so all the shrines survived.Once the enemies are left Moscow, the monastery quickly recovered.

In the XIX c., In the 30s, it was decided to erect in this place the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.In this regard, the monastery had to be moved to another location in the village of Red (upper Krasnoselskaya street).In 1926, when the Bolsheviks ruined all the churches fell under the demolition and Novo-Alexius monastery, so the icon "healer" was moved to the Church of the Resurrection, which is located in Sokolniki.Holy Face and still stored there.

healing power of icons of the Virgin

example of recovery from the miraculous icon served as a case that occurred in 1962.One girl, a priest's daughter, fell ill from an incurable disease of the spinal cord.But, not losing hope, she, along with her father, she prayed to the Holy Face, and finally was healed.

What is an icon?

Icon of the Virgin "healer" has many analogues.But despite the written copy of St. Mary Leakey are still healing power.Original also shows the need for the patient bed Vincent glowing Mother of God.

In 1889 Ivan Tomac described the appearance of the Holy Face in his book "The archaeological and historical description of Aleksei Monastery."On cross-sections of the icon represented God's Archangels, which seemed to support it.On the right - Gabriel, on the left - Michael.It is small in size, height of about 32 cm, and width - 27 cm. The bulletin includes it in a silver triptych decorated with gold and enamel decorations.On the chasuble is a lot of diamonds and other equally beautiful stones.Apparel Virgin strewn with snow-white pearls.The icon itself is inserted into a stone pillar that supports the cathedral.Before her on both sides of the stone steps built, and in front Lika burn 9 lompad.

Icon "healer."What helps?

It has long been accepted that special values ​​before any icon to pray there, especially if it comes from a pure heart and good intentions, because we give is not itself an icon, and the one who is represented on it.

There are many cases when she was in a dream the Virgin the sick and sends it to the icon in front of the face followed by a prayer.Running on its instructions immediately healed.

As mentioned above, in honor of Our Lady of creating a lot of faces, but those miracles that it is an icon of "Healer," a prayer before which helped many desperately sick, did not respond to any logic.Praying before the Holy Face often want to be healed of ailments hopeless, ask for quick and painless childbirth, to punish the offender and to pray about the possibility of breast-feeding a baby.

history of the church dedicated to the Holy Face

temple icon "healer" was erected in 1922 at the Institute of Clinical Psychiatry at the Kashira Highway in Moscow.The room for the temple was built back in the 80s of XX century, which was originally designed for the needs of research institutes.Funds for the construction going staff and management of the Institute.People who are in difficult circumstances, at any time can come back and pray for the Holy Virgin.

How to pray the Holy Mary to be healed?

Icon of Our Lady "healer" has helped many desperately sick people get well, but not all could be heard.What is the reason?Let's face it.

  1. If you or your loved one serious disease, it is necessary to carry out a long course of prayers, from 40 days for lung ailments - from 3 to 27.
  2. not read the way you speak foreign, as well as promptsyour heart.
  3. If you read the prayer overcomes laziness, then chastises disease resistant, so pull yourself together and continue to cry out for help.This is a very important point.
  4. Prayer is efficacious in if you follow the phrases and words that read, think about the person for whom reading and trying to understand the meaning of reading.
  5. not pray at least once a month or a week, it will not help.Cried out to the Mother of God should be every day.
  6. Read prayers at least 15 minutes, otherwise there is a risk that you will not hear.
  7. Be spiritual and corporal positions.
  8. After reading prayers certainly thank the Virgin.

As mentioned earlier, the icon "Tselitenitsa" saved the lives of many.The main thing in a difficult moment for you not to lose faith in God, and in any case not to lose heart.Pray, cry, hope, and you're sure to be heard, it is no wonder Jesus always said that to treat patients - is the main duty of mankind.