The Icon of the Mother of God “Mammal” was originally located in the Lavra of St. Savva the Sanctified near Jerusalem. The holy founder of the Lavra, at the time of his death, predicted to the brethren that the Lavra would be visited by a pilgrim from Serbia, Savva, and ordered that the miraculous icon be given to him as a blessing. This happened in the 13th century. Saint Sava of Serbia brought the icon to the Hilendar monastery on Holy Mount Athos and placed it on the right side of the iconostasis, in the church at the Kareya cell, later called Typikarnitsa, since the charter of Saint Sava was kept there.
St. Sava I of Serbia, archbishop. († 1237, commemorated January 12, May 6)