"Krasnogorsk" Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

May 21

The Krasnogorsk icon of the Mother of God dates to 1601.  The abbot Varlaam of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Keurola had it in his possession.  In 1693, he heard a gentle feminine voice in a dream, telling him to give the icon to the priest Miron.  After some time, Miron visited the abbot on other business.  Varlaam told him about his dream, and Miron told him about a desolate mountain, called Black Mountain, near the Urals that was suitable for forming a monastery.  The abbot gave Miron the icon, who put it in a local church, and it brought healing to a woman named Martha, who in turn had a dream of the Mother of God, telling her where Miron should place Her icon.  Miron, with the help of a monk Jona, built a church and founded a monastery on Black Mountai.  The Vladimir icon was installed in the church, and the monastery was named Krosnogorsk.

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