June 26
Reading:
According to one tradition, this icon was painted by Saint
Luke the Evangelist. It was formerly situated in the famous Church of
Blachernae in Constantinople. In 1383, it appeared upon the waters of
Lake Ladoga, whence it travelled miraculously through the air to the
city of Tikhvin; there, it remained by the River Tikhvinka, and a
monastery was built to shelter the icon. In 1613-14 this monastery
miraculously withstood the many attacks of the Swedish invaders. In the
early twentieth century it was brought to America and was returned to
Russia in 2004. The holy icon is renowned for a great many miracles
wrought through it by the all-holy Mother of God, especially for the
healing of children.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Today thy most venerable icon, O Lady, hath shone in Heaven upon
us like a most brilliant sun, enlightening the world with rays of mercy,
which great Russia and America received from on high most reverently as
a divine gift, and they glorify thee, O Mother of God, as the Queen of
all, and joyfully magnify Christ our God Who was born of thee. Pray to
Christ, O our Lady and Queen, O Theotokos, that He keep all Christians
unharmed by all assaults of the enemy, and that He save them that
venerate His divine image and thy pure icon with faith, O Virgin who
knewest not wedlock.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
Let us run, O ye peoples, to the Virgin Queen, the Theotokos,
thanking Christ our God; and gazing tenderly at her miraculous icon, let
us fall down and cry to her: O Lady Mary, having visited this land by
the wonderous appearance of thy venerable icon, keep all Christians in
peace and prosperity, and make them heirs of the heavenly life; for to
thee we cry with faith: Rejoice, O Virgin, salvation of the world.
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