The Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God
New York, NY, USA (1898)
On March 21, 1898, an anarchist's bomb exploded under the icon of the Kursk Root Mother of God, blowing apart its cast-iron baldachin and marble pedestal, the church windows, and the cupola. But the precious image was unharmed. This icon had resided for hundreds of years in Kursk.
On September 8, 1295, some men had come to hunt game in the wilderness there. One of them noticed the icon lying at the root of a tree, and when he lifted it up, a spring gushed forth.
The hunter built a chapel for the image near the spot, where the number of pilgrims and miracles soon multiplied.
It has been moved through many countries and finally to New York, where since 1957 it has resided in the Church of the Mother of God of the Sign.
Text and image used with permission.
Source: "365 Days with Mary" by Michael O'Neill
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