On October 28, believers ask the Mother of God for their daily bread in front of the “Different of the Loaves” icontranslated

On October 28, Orthodox believers celebrate the icon of the Mother of God “Control of the Loaves.” This is one of the “youngest” revered images in Russian iconography, created at the end of the 19th century with the blessing of St. Ambrose of Optina. The icon was painted in 1890, during a period of severe crop failure and famine that struck Central Russia. The Monk Ambrose, deeply experiencing the people's disaster, prayed to the Mother of God for the people's daily bread. The idea of ​​the image belongs specifically to the old man: he...