Icon of the Mother of God “the Unexpected joy” - December 22, February 7
The “Unexpected Joy” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is painted in this way: in a room is an icon of the Mother of God, and beneath it a youth is kneeling at prayer. The tradition about the healing of some youth from a bodily affliction through t...
Icon of the Mother of God “Assuage my sorrow” (Moscow, Russia) , 18th cent. - February 7
Before every iconographic image of the Most Holy Theotokos we pray to the Queen of Heaven about our spiritual and temporal needs; we ask her to console us in our misfortunes, and to give us spiritual joy. However, among the many miracle-working ...
Santissima Maria Vergine della Porta - Most Holy Virgin Mary of the Gate (Guastalla, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Italy) , 1693 - February 7
On the walls surrounding the city of Guastalla, glorious feud of the Gonzaga family, in 1646, a painter in the area, some Damiano Padovani, paints the picture of the Madonna, to be near th barracks of the guards, custodians of the entrance into the c...