Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir. "Witn scenes"
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The Most Pure Virgin saveguards our Homeland, and Her icons form a heavenly protection granted by Our Lord Jesus Christ through Her intercession.
Our northern frontiers are protected and blessed by the old icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, western — by icons of Our Lady of Smolensk and of Pochayev, southern — by the Kasperova icon, while our East is illumined by the Divine Grace of the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Kazan.
The icon of Our Lady of Vladimir witnessed major events in the history of the Russian Church: election and enthronisation of Bishop Iona (1448), of Bishop Job, the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1589), and of His Holiness Patriarch Tikhon (1917).
The scenes show events from the history of the miraculous icon.
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