On September 04, 2026, in the Church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky (Nizhny Tagil), Bishop Meliton of Nizhny Tagil and Nevyansk performed a prayer service with an akathist before the miraculous image of the Mother of God “The Sign” of Verkhnetagil.translated

September 4, 2026 · 1 min read

During the service, the abbess of the Alexander Nevsky Novo-Tikhvin Convent in the city of Yekaterinburg, Abbess Domnika (Korobeinikov), prayed with the sisters of the monastery. At the end of the prayer service, Bishop Meliton presented Abbess Domnika with a copy of the Verkhnetagil Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign” - in memory of the joint prayer at the miraculous image. The Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign” is one of the oldest and most revered in the Russian Church […]

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Софья Новикова

It’s good that Abbess Domnika and her sisters came to pray together. The list of icons as a gift is very kind, now the monastery will have its own memory of this day. In Voronezh we also revere the “Sign”; I always try to light a candle when I’m in church.

James Evans

Nice to see Bishop Meliton and Mother Domnica praying together at the wonderworking icon. The copy he gave her as a gift is a thoughtful touch — something the sisters in Yekaterinburg can remember the day by. We have a small “Znamenie” icon at home too; my wife lights a lamp in front of it most evenings.

Ilie Ionescu

It's good that Mother Abbess Domnica came with the sisters from the Yekaterinburg monastery, it can be seen that the prayer was one. The list given by Bishop Meliton is a beautiful, concrete gesture, so that it remains a living memory in the community. In our parish, we also have a smaller copy of the "Znamenie" family, we put it on analog at the evening services.

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