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The Pavlovsk-Sign Icon of the Mother of God
Commemorated on December 10
In the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Pavlosk, Voronezh District, there is a grace-filled “Sign” Icon of the Mother of God. In 1696, Emperor Peter I besieged and decimated the city of Azov. Two icons were found in the ruins: an icon of St. John the Baptist, and the “Sign” Icon of the Mother of God, which Tsar Peter immediately installed in the Azov Cathedral. When, in 1711, Azov was returned to the Turks, Peter I directed that the Sign Icon be transferred to the Cathedral of the Oserdsky Fortress, which at the same time was renamed the town of Pavlovsk. The clergy of the Azov fortress were also transferred to that Cathedral, along with the liturgical utensils.
In the 1820s, the Icon was installed in a large gilded, starburst-shaped frame, suspended over the Royal Doors. After services, this revered Holy Icon would be lowered to afford the faithful an opportunity to venerate it. Toward the conclusion of the Vigil, when the priest would stand before the Royal Doors for the dismissal of the First Hour, clergy would come from the choirs and, flanking the priest, would sing, “No one coming to thee will be disgraced.” At that point, the Holy Icon would be quietly lowered by a cord from which it was suspended. As the lower rays of the starburst touched the floor, the singing would conclude with “Most-holy Theotokos, save us!” and first the clergy and altar servers, and then the people, would venerate the Holy Icon.
The miraculous Sign Icon would be brought into private homes for prayer services. Each year on the 9th Friday after Pascha, it would be taken in a Procession of the Cross to “the cold well,” over six kilometers from Pavlovsk. At the well, there would be a prayer service to the Mother of God, and then a Panikhida for Emperor Peter I, who founded the city of Pavlovsk, and donated the Holy Icon to the Pavlovsk Cathedral.