Historical memory: July 9 - celebration of the Tikhvin Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary - defender of the Russian landtranslated

According to legend, the Tikhvin Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the icons painted by the holy Apostle of the 70s and the Evangelist Luke during the earthly life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Apostle Luke gave the icon to his disciple Theophilus, after which it came to Antioch. Then the icon was in Jerusalem. In the 5th century, the Byzantine empress Eudokia moved the shrine from Jerusalem to Constantinople, the capital […]