Our Lady Theotokos of Kazan icon. Sizes in inches:9 x 10 1/2

Our Lady Theotokos of Kazan icon. Sizes in inches:9 x 10 1/2Orthodox icon of the original icon of our Lady Theotokos of Kazan. Icon of 16 cent. Russia Feast Days: July 24 and November 4 The icon of Our Lady of Kazan is said to have come to Russia from Constantinople in the 13th century. After the Tatars besieged Kazan and made it the capital of their khanate in 1438, the icon disappeared, and it is not mentioned again until the 16th century, some years after the liberation of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible in

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>Saint Stephen was the younger son of King Stephen Urosh I

In this icon the Virgin Mary appears with Her hands raised in the act of prayer

a fissure opened in the mountain

According to the Tradition of the Church

at the base of the central dome

eager for knowledge

and secretly accepted holy baptism

They believed that the blessed oneu2019s kiss would bring that child good fortune

the monasteries remained centers of national culture and Orthodoxy for the Serbian nation

struck his head on the ground and died on the elder's grave

the Lord came to the Temple again and taught the people who came to Him