The history of the icon of the Mother of God “Deliverer from Troubles”translated

"Like a bright star, asking for divine miracles your holy image, O Deliverer, illuminating the rays of Your grace and mercy in the night of present sorrows. Grant then, O all-merciful Virgin, deliverance from troubles, healing of mental and physical ailments, salvation and great mercy" - the troparion of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Deliverer from troubles." The history of the discovery of the shrine dates back to October 1917, when the Queen of Heaven appeared in a dream to a native of the village of Tashla, Stavropol region, Ekaterina Chugunova, and indicated the location of the miraculous face. On the eve of large-scale historical upheavals, believers removed the icon from the ground in the area of ​​​​the Tashlin ravines, after which a spring with healing water immediately began to flow at the site of its discovery. The holy image was transferred in a procession to the Trinity Church in the village of Tashla, but soon the icon miraculously left the church, which was closed for the night. The second appearance of the shrine occurred in December of the same year in the waters of the same spring.

After the tearful repentance of local clergyman Dimitry Mitekin, the icon was again found by parishioners and returned to the parish. During the years of persecution of the faith, when the Trinity Church was closed and the atheists filled up the spring with manure, pious Christians secretly transmitted...