Arrival of the miraculous Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” within the Ekaterinodar and Kuban Diocesetranslated

From October 17 to October 31, 2026, with the blessing of the Metropolitan of Ekaterinodar and Kuban, the great shrine of the Russian Orthodox Church - the miraculous Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God, called "Tenderness" - will remain within the Ekaterinodar and Kuban diocese.

You can venerate the shrine in the St. Catherine’s Cathedral in the city of Krasnodar, in the Holy Trinity Church in the city of Goryachiy Klyuch, in the convent in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall” in the city of Apsheronsk, in the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in the village. Afipsky, in the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Dinskaya, in the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Healer” in Krasnodar, as well as in the Holy Ascension Church in the village. Pashkovsky, Spaso-Preobrazhensky Church, in the Church of Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, in the Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called and in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Krasnodar.

During the stay of the shrine in the churches of the diocese at the end of the Liturgy

and before the evening service, the clergy of the diocese perform a prayer service with an akathist every hour before the icon.

About the shrine

The Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Mother of God “Tenderness” is one of the most revered miraculous icons of the Pskov land, kept in the Holy Dormition Pskov-Pechersk...