Devpeteruv Icon of the Mother of God
Batyushkovo, Russia (1392)
The Devpeteruv Mother of God is a Tenderness image, showing Mother and Child cheek to cheek. Tradition holds this icon to have appeared miraculously on March 13, 1392 (February 29 in the old calendar), but little is known about its early history or the origin of its name.
The earliest written record of a Devpeteruv Mother of God places the 12" image in the stone Church of St. Nicholas built in 1666 in Batyushkovo, a village 35 miles from Moscow.
In the 1930s, attackers killed the watchman and stole the icon in its jeweled sheath. The image was found in the mud nearby, stripped of ornament. The priest returned the picture to a place of honor in the church.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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