Icon of the Mother of God
Kiev-Bratsk, Russia (1654)
The Kiev-Bratsk Icon was at first in the church of Sts. Boris and Gleb in the city of Vyshgorod (Kiev), where it miraculously appeared in the year 1654. In 1662, the temple of the holy Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb was destroyed in war and defiled. The wonderworking icon was taken out of the church and sent down the river to the Bratsk monastery.
The Kiev-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God is commemorated four times during the year on days dedicated to the miraculous appearance of the holy icon in 1654. The original icon has not been preserved. The copy was painted from it “measure for measure,” and is at present located in the Kiev monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God.
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Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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