Historical memory: September 8 – Feast of the Presentation of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Virgin Marytranslated
In 1395, the founder of the Timurid Empire, Tamerlane (Temir-Aksak), reached the Ryazan borders, took the city of Yelets and, heading towards Moscow, approached the banks of the Don. Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich went out with an army to Kolomna and stopped on the banks of the Oka. He prayed to the saints of Moscow and St. Sergius for the deliverance of the Fatherland and wrote to the Metropolitan of Moscow, St. Cyprian, so that the upcoming Assumption […]
