Theotokos of Pochayiv (Ukrainian: Почаївська ікона Пресвятої Богородиці) is an Eastern Orthodoxicon of the Virgin Mary, painted in a late Byzantine style, of the Eleusaiconographic type. Like many famous icons, it is now usually displayed with most of the surface covered by an elaborate frame in precious metals, or riza, except for the faces.
Holy icon of the Theotokos of Pochaiv, set in the golden diadem presented by Pope Clement XIV.
It has been in the Pochaiv Lavra (monastery), in Ternopiloblast, Ukraine, since 1597, when it was given by a wealthy widow Anna or Hanna Hoyska, who owned the town of Pochaiv in the second half of the 16th century. Anna had received the sacred image from the Greekmetropolitan Neophyte.[2]
In 1773, Pope Clement XIV, meeting the request of the count Nicolas Potocki sent two small golden crowns for the icon — one for the Holy Virgin, the other for Jesus. Thus the icon was acknowledged as wonder-making.
According to some sources, the Virgin Mary depicted on the icon helped to heal Philip, the brother of Hanna Hoyska, from blindness. Later, the Theotokos of Pochayiv acquired a reputation as a miracle-working icon. The feast day of the Theotokos of Pochayiv icon is celebrated on 23 July, either on the Gregorian calendar (23 July N.S.) or on the Julian calendar (23 July O.S., 5 August N.S.).[3][4]
ReferencesEdit
^Bogomolets O. Radomysl Castle-Museum on the Royal Road Via Regia". — Kyiv, 2013 ISBN978-617-7031-15-3
^"О тебе радуется", из книги Н.Дмитриевой, "Pravoslavie.RU" Russian Orthodox Portal, August 2005, in Russian
^Thousands Make Pilgrimage To Pochaiv, by Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), through Religious Information Service of Ukraine Portal News, August 2002
^"Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev". www.oca.org. Orthodox Church of America.
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