Historical memory: the feast of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God on June 23 (July 6, new style) in memory of the salvation of Moscow from the invasion of Khan Akhmat in 1480translated

In 1155, Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky brought an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (sent shortly before by the Patriarch of Constantinople to Kyiv) from Vyshgorod to Vladimir. The icon was placed in the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir after its construction was completed. Beginning in 1395, when, through the intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, Moscow was saved from the invasion of Tamerlane’s troops, the icon was brought from time to time to […]