Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God
Kostroma, Russia (1239)
There are many explanations for the name of this icon, said to have been painted by St. Luke.
One is that in 1239 the people of Kostroma saw the icon being carried through the streets by a mysterious warrior resembling St. Theodore.
On August 16, 1239, a prince found it hanging on an evergreen tree. Another story relates that around 1260, when Tatars threatened Kostroma, Russian militia rode out with the icon before them, and St. Theodore dashed between the armies.
The icon came to reside in Kostroma Cathedral. On March 27, 1613, Xenia Shestova, blessed her son Mikhail Romanovc, newly choosen Tsar, with the wonderworking icon.
In Moscow, the “Feodorovskaya” became spiritual patron of the Romanov dynasty.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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