One of the most touching, most amazing icons. Its spiritual meaning is in the boundless love of the Mother of God for people. She “vouches” to the Lord for us sinners. We have sinned. And they deserve punishment and death. And the Mother of God is looking for how to protect...

VKontakte OdnoklassnikiThe ancestors of ink for inkjet printing were ordinary ink for writing and drawing. Their history goes back to ancient times. The Cairo Museum houses an artifact - a writing instrument consisting of...

As we all know, Orthodox Christianity treats icons with special respect. Contemplating them, the person praying ascends to the prototype, that is, praying in front of the icon of the Holy Virgin, he looks at the Mother of God herself. To especially revered images...

The miraculous icon of the Mother of God “HANDMAN OF SINNERS” One of the most touching, most amazing icons. Its spiritual meaning is the boundless love of the Mother of God for people. She “vouches” to the Lord for us sinners. We have sinned. And worthy...

There are more than a hundred images dedicated to the Mother of God, each of which was painted in honor of some miraculous event that occurred through the prayers of the Mother of God and the grace of the Lord. The icon “Helper of Sinners” is that shrine, history...

According to Wikipedia, ink is a liquid dye used to create images using various tools. They came up with the idea of ​​using ink for writing a long time ago, although they were significantly different from...

Church traditions say that the Valaam Icon of the Mother of God has miraculous powers and can visit Orthodox people in their dreams. Valaam has long strengthened the faith of our compatriots, this island was called Russian Athos....

Almost every day the Russian Orthodox Church honors one or another image of the Virgin Mary. Only a few of the abundance of such holidays are truly great in terms of the significance of the shrine for the people, the Fatherland, miraculous...

High in the rocky gorges of Troodos, in the west of the island of Cyprus, the rich monastery of Kykkos is located. Real miracles happen there. The history of the abbey is filled with incredible incidents. In a holy place there is a world legend...

The icon belongs to the Eleus (Tenderness) type. The heads of mother and son touch, expressing boundless love. The Christ Child has a complex pose. He seems to be bouncing in his mother’s arms, and she is trying to hold him. This is the first distinctive...