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In addition to the important national holiday of the day of national unity, on November 4, believers worship one of the most revered icons in Russia - the icon of Kazan Mother of God.

The icon of the Kazan Mother of God is known for its unique finding event, as well as miraculous power. That is why she is so revered among the Orthodox. She was discovered after a terrible fire in Kazan at the place pointed out by a little girl. This day is celebrated on July 21st. But the icon of the Kazan Mother of God has another day of veneration. In 2016 and annually, it is celebrated on November 4th. It is associated with important events for the formation of the Russian state as such.

Miracle of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan

The events date back to 1612. At that time, there were Polish-Lithuanian occupiers in Russia, against whom the second militia of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Zemstvo head Kuzma Minin was created. Heading to fight the invaders, they crossed paths with the archpriest of the Kazan Annunciation Monastery, who at that time was in Yaroslavl along with the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God.

The host, heading to fight the Polish-Lithuanian invaders, was asked to take the miraculous icon with them. In Kazan, according to confusing and poorly traced data, only a list from the icon was sent. Then on August 22 there was a decisive battle in which, despite the superiority of the enemy, the second militia won. Then, two months later, the Polish-Lithuanian invaders capitulated, on October 22, according to the old style, negotiations were already underway on the surrender of the Moscow Kremlin. This corresponds to November 4 in the new style.

The second militia attributed help in the fight against the invaders to the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God. Prince Pozharsky, after the victory of the second militia, placed this icon in his parish church. However, today the icon is considered lost. It is in honor of such an important event that since then the icon of the Kazan Mother of God has been venerated on November 4th. But this is only one of the many miracles that she performed according to legend. It is thanks to its miraculous power that this icon became known not only throughout Russia, but also abroad.

What to pray for the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

In front of this icon, believers pray that peace is maintained in the family and relations are always warm. In any difficult life circumstances, you can turn to her with prayer and get support. Also, the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God heals from blindness: at the first procession of the cross, with its help, two blind people received their sight at once.

It is important that this type of icon is called "Guide" or Hodegetria. The Mother of God with her hand, as it were, points to the Infant Jesus Christ, Who is the main figure of the icon. In one hand He holds a scroll, and with the other He baptizes the beholder. The symbolism of this type of icons is that through it an indication is given: the Divine Infant, the Heavenly King and Judge, has appeared in the world.

Perhaps precisely because of its important sacred meaning it was this type of icons that often helped in the fight against enemy troops, moreover, not only in ancient Russia, but also in Byzantium, from which Christianity was adopted.

Do not forget to turn to God not only on the day of veneration of any icon, but every day. Prayers to the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan will be especially strong on November 4, so do not miss such an important date.

All the best.

On July 21, the Orthodox throughout Russia, and not only them, celebrate one of the most famous church holidays in our country - the day of finding the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

The Kazan icon of the Mother of God is the most famous and miraculous. All Orthodox people appreciate and revere this icon, which is in almost every home.

Feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God - history, traditions, meaning

Even in ancient times, princes, kings and ordinary people turned to this saint. If you believe the beliefs, then it helps people cope with diseases, heals even the most terrible ailment, restores hearing and vision. She does things that can be called miracles, so people pray to her when they have any difficulties in life.

The appearance of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God

The icon of this saint was seen after a great fire that broke out in Kazan. Then, in 1579, a fire burned everything in its path. One little girl dreamed of the Mother of God, who told her to go to the fire and find a shrine in the burnt ruins.

At first, no one believed the girl, but she had dreams every night, after that the girl's parents nevertheless decided to go to the place of the fire, where the icon of the Mother of God really was.

Most of all, people were surprised that the icon looked like it had just been painted. After the icon was saved, two blind elders who had just touched it were healed. After that, people began to believe in the miraculous power of the icon.

On the site of the discovery of the icon was erected convent, and the icon itself was transferred to the Assumption Cathedral. In 1904, vandals stole the icon and no one knows what happened to it next, it is possible that it could have been burned. To date, there are only copies of the Holy Image, the power of which is no less than that of the original.

The meaning of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God

The icon depicts a baby to the left of the mother's hand. The baby blesses everyone, because it right hand is in the air, and the main sign of forgiveness and approval is two crossed fingers.

The very first icon of the Mother of God appeared in 1606, after which it was sent to the Tretyakov Gallery. In addition, the holy face can still be seen in the Prince Vladimir Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

Orthodox people celebrate the holiday dedicated to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God twice a year, namely: July 21 and November 4. At this time, a service is held in the church, where sermons and kontakions are read.

The icon heals all those who turn to it for help. It helps all believers and those who want to live in harmony.

You can turn to the icon for help in the following cases:

- When it is necessary to heal the disease, especially if there are problems with hearing, vision, skin diseases, as well as problems with internal organs. Meanwhile, the Mother of God can heal the soul and guide on the right path.

- When you need support in a life situation. The Mother of God makes it clear to a person that everyone has his own cross, which he must carry and overcome various obstacles with him. The saint helps to comfort a person with various sorrows.

- When you need to intercede. If you pray in front of the icon, then the person will receive strong amulet which he will have all the time.

When it's hard to make a decision. The saint will always come to the aid of those who have to make a serious choice. It also prevents you from making mistakes.

- For the protection of warriors. The saint is the patroness of soldiers who defend their homeland.

- If you need to maintain peace and harmony in the family. The icon is a talisman for women. married women can ask for help in family life, strengthen the family, overcome all difficulties, improve relationships, bring prosperity.

- Previously, this icon was used to bless newlyweds who were about to get married, and it was also considered a wedding icon. Before getting married, young people need to pray in front of the icon and ask her for a happy life. After that, the family will live in abundance, and the spouses will not quarrel.

- The Mother of God will give health to children, she is very supportive of them. The saint helps children protect themselves from various ailments and sorrows.

Prayers to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Read both prayers, one after the other. If there is no time for thoughtful reading, read one of these prayers. Remember that it is better to devote yourself completely to reading one prayer than to skim through all of them.

Prayer one

O, Holy Lady Mother of God, the Queen of Heaven and earth, the highest angel and archangel and the most honest of all creatures, the pure Virgin Mary, the good Helper of the world, and affirmation to all people, and deliverance in all needs!
Look now, O Merciful Lady, on Your servants, praying to You with a tender soul and a contrite heart,
falling down to You with tears and worshiping Your most pure and wholesome image, and asking for Your help and intercession.
Oh, All-Merciful and Most Merciful Virgin Mary Pure!
Look, O Lady, upon your people:
For we are sinners, we are not imams of other help, except for You and from You, Christ our God, who was born.
You are our intercessor and intercessor.
You are the protection of the offended, the joy of the grieving, the orphan refuge, the guardian of widows, glory to the virgins, the weeping joy, the sick visiting, the weak healing, the sinful salvation.
For this sake, O Mother of God, we resort to You, and on Your Most Pure Image with the Eternal in Your hand, holding the Infant, our Lord Jesus Christ, looking, we bring tender singing to You and cry out:
have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our petition, for all the essence is possible for Your intercession, as glory befits You now and ever and forever and ever.
Amen.

Prayer two

Oh, Blessed Lady Mother of God!
With fear, faith and love, falling down before Your honest icon, we pray to You: do not turn Your face away from those who resort to You.
Begged, merciful Mother, Thy Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, may he peacefully preserve our country, keep His holy and unshakable Church from unbelief, heresies and schism.
Not imams of other help, not imams of other hope, unless you, Most Pure Virgin, are you the all-powerful Christian Helper and intercessor.
Deliver everyone who prays to You with faith, from sinful falls, from libel evil people, from all temptations, sorrows, troubles and from vain death.
Grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thought, the correction of sinful lives and the remission of sins, so that all gratefully glorifying Your greatness, let us be vouchsafed to the Kingdom of Heaven,
and there with all the saints we will glorify the Most Honorable and Magnificent name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Prayer three

O who will not please Thee, Virgin of Grace, who will not sing of Your mercy to the human race.
We pray to you, we ask you, do not leave us in the evil of the perishing, dissolve our hearts with love and send Your arrow to our enemies, may our hearts be wounded by peace to those who persecute us.
If the world hates us - You stretch out Your love for us, if the world drives us - You accept us, give us the grace-filled power of patience - to endure the trials in this world without grumbling.
Oh lady!
Soften the hearts of evil people who rise up against us, so that their hearts do not perish in evil - but implore, O Gracious One, Your Son and our God, let their hearts die in peace, but the devil - the father of malice - be put to shame!
We, singing Your mercy to us, evil, indecent, we will sing to You, O Wonderful Lady of the Virgin of Grace, hear us at this hour, contrite hearts of those who have,
protect us with peace and love for each other and for our enemies, eradicate from us all malice and enmity, let us sing to You and Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is a miraculous icon of the Mother of God revered by Orthodox Christians. Read about all the details of its appearance in the article.

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God: history

1579. White mercilessly scorching sun, a pillar of dust on the roads of Kazan. Dust and ashes from a recent fire - a terrible fire blazed here a week ago. It began near the Church of St. Nicholas, spread to the Kazan Kremlin. For long hours the glow blazed, women lamented, children cried - well, how will it spread to houses, what will happen ?! And many chuckled maliciously - where was your God that the church burned down? It can be seen that all your priests are lying - it was blazing like that. And what do you say to that? And it's true, many in those days doubted their faith - perhaps it is not pleasing to God that they turn to Christ from Islam? “The faith of Christ,” says the chronicler, “became a parable and a reproach”…

In that fire, many families were left homeless, but there was nothing to do, no one who had burned down would be returned, and it was necessary to build soon - by winter. The archer Daniil Onuchin was in a hurry with the construction, among other fire victims. Daniel had a daughter, Matrona. Her parental sorrows were less understandable - for children and a fire - quite funny - so much remains after - where the glass is beautiful, where the pebble is unprecedented. Only in the evening, when you go to bed, do you remember that after the fire everything is different, unusual.

One night, Matryosh woke up from the unseen - the Mother of God Herself, the Most Holy Theotokos, appeared to her in a dream. And not just appeared, but commanded to get Her icon from under the ground. She shone with a bright light - and the girl woke up. You have dreams and visions, everything seems to you, all your miracles are endless - the skeptic who reads these lines will say. And it will anticipate our story, because that is exactly how the nine-year-old Matryosha was answered by her family. “Dreams are sometimes from God, but visions only happen to saints, so it’s better not to attach importance to dreams,” said the parents. And they were right. However, that dream was a vision, because it repeated itself a second time and on the third night. Then the parents decided to check the girl's words.

Matrona and her mother went to the place where, as the girl remembered from the dream, the icon was supposed to be. We started digging. Even deeper, still - is it really it! And definitely an icon. Holy Mother of God. They cleared it of dust, earth .. But how did it get there? Apparently, a long time ago, secret confessors of Christianity in a non-Christian camp hid the icon of the Queen of Heaven in this way. The news of the miraculous finding of the icon swept faster than the fastest bird, and now the priests of the surrounding churches rush to this wondrous place, Archbishop Jeremiah, reverently accepting the icon, solemnly transfers it to the church of St. Nicholas, from where, after a prayer service, they transferred her with a procession to Blagoveshchensky cathedral- the first Orthodox church city ​​of Kazan, erected by Ivan the Terrible. It immediately became clear that the icon was miraculous - already during the procession, two Kazan blind men gained sight. We even know their names: Joseph and Nikita.

And those who a few days ago mocked Orthodox faith, embarrassedly hurried to the icon - with requests - Queen of Heaven, help, reason, heal!

These miracles are the first in a long list of miracles and healings. The story of finding the icon impressed Tsar Ivan the Terrible so much that he ordered the construction of the Kazan Cathedral and the founding of a convent. There, after some time, Matrona and her mother took monastic vows.

The image of the Kazan Blessed Virgin Mary by type refers to the icons of Hodegetria - the Guidebook, and indeed, she repeatedly pointed out the right path to many of our compatriots. So, with the Kazan icon, the militia moved to Moscow, freeing the city from the impostors of the Time of Troubles. At that time, in the besieged Kremlin, Archbishop Arseny of Elasson (later Archbishop of Suzdal; † 1626; April 13), who had arrived from Greece, was seriously ill from shocks and experiences, was in captivity. At night, the cell of St. Arseny suddenly lit up with Divine light, he saw the Monk Sergius of Radonezh (Comm. 5 July and 25 September), who said: “Arseny, our prayers have been heard; through the intercession of the Mother of God, the judgment of God on the Fatherland is turned over to mercy; tomorrow Moscow will be in the hands of the besiegers and Russia will be saved. The next day, Kitay-Gorod was liberated, and the Kremlin was liberated 2 days later.

Kazan Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow

Kazan Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow - one of the most famous Moscow churches was erected in 1636. The icon-liberator was transferred there, and now the image is kept in the Cathedral of the Epiphany.

Before the Battle of Poltava, Peter the Great with his army prayed before the icon of the Kazan Mother of God (from the village of Kaplunovka). In 1812, the Kazan icon of the Mother of God overshadowed the Russian soldiers who repelled the French invasion. On the feast of the Kazan Icon on October 22, 1812, Russian detachments led by Miloradovich and Platov defeated Davout's rearguard. This was the first major defeat of the French after leaving Moscow, the enemy lost 7 thousand people. On that day, snow fell, severe frosts began, and the army of the conqueror of Europe began to melt.

The icon showed the way not only to statesmen and squads - according to a good tradition, it is with this icon that young parents bless young parents for marriage, this image of the Mother of God, one of the most beloved in Russia, is accompanied by a long list of miracles.

Troparion to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, tone 4

Zealous Intercessor, / Mother of the Lord Most High, / for all pray to Your Son, Christ our God, / and work for everyone to be saved, to those who run to Your sovereign protection. / Intercede for all of us, O Lady Queen and Mistress, / even in adversity and in sorrow, and in illness, burdened with many sins, / coming and praying to You with a tender soul and a contrite heart, / before Your most pure image with tears / and irrevocably having hope on Thee, / deliverance of all evils, / bestow on all useful / and save everything, Virgin Mother of God: / Thou art the Divine Protection of Your servant.

Kontakion of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, tone 8

Come, people, to this quiet and good haven, / an ambulance Helper, ready and warm salvation, the cover of the Virgin. / Let us hasten to prayer, and rush to repentance: / the Most Pure Mother of God exudes for us inexhaustible mercy, / precedes us to help, and delivers from great troubles and evils, // Her well-behaved and God-fearing servants.

Prayer before the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

O Most Holy Lady Theotokos! With fear, faith and love, falling down before Your honest icon, we pray to You: do not turn Your face away from those who resort to You, implore, Merciful Mother, Your Son and our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, may our country be peaceful, may the Church be established His holy Yes, he will keep it unshakable from unbelief, heresies and schism. Not imams of other help, not imams of other hope, unless you, Most Pure Virgin: You are the All-Powerful Helper and Intercessor of Christians. Deliver all those who pray to You with faith from the falls of sin, from the slander of evil people, from all temptations, sorrows, troubles and from vain death; grant us the spirit of contrition, humility of heart, purity of thought, the correction of sinful lives and the remission of sins, so that we all thankfully sing of Your greatness, we will be made worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven and there with all the saints we will glorify the Most Honorable and Magnificent Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

21 July. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

This icon appeared in 1579 shortly after the capture of the Kazan kingdom from the Tatars by Ivan the Terrible. The Most Holy Theotokos revealed here her miraculous icon in order to more firmly establish in it the newly converted from the inhabitants there; those who did not believe should no longer be disposed towards the Christian faith. She herself appeared in a dream to a pious girl named Matrona, the daughter of an archer who had been burned during a terrible fire in Kazan, ordered her to announce to the archbishop and the mayor that they take Her icon from the ground, and at the same time indicated the very place. The girl told her mother about her dream, but she explained it as an ordinary childhood dream. The dream repeated itself twice more.

For the third time, by miraculous power, Matrona was thrown out of the window into the courtyard, where she also saw an icon on which such formidable rays emanated from the face of the Mother of God that she was afraid of being burned by them, and a voice came from the icon: “If you do not fulfill my command, I will appear in another place, and you will perish.” After this, the mother and daughter went to Archbishop Jeremiah and the mayor, but they did not believe them. Then on July 8, in deep distress, both of them, in the presence of the people, went to the indicated place. Mother and the people began to dig the earth, the icons were not found.

But as soon as Matrona herself began to dig, the icon was found. It was wrapped in a piece of cloth and shone with a wonderful light, as if it were brand new, just painted. It is believed that the icon was buried even before the conquest of Kazan, by one of the Christians who hid their faith from the haters of the faith, the Mohammedans. The rumor about the appearance of the icon spread throughout the city, many people flocked, and the archbishop, in the presence of the mayors, with a procession of the cross transferred the icon to the nearest church of St. Nicholas, and from there to the Cathedral of the Annunciation. When the icon was taken to the temple, many sick people, especially the blind, were healed.

It can be thought that this predominant purpose of blindness served as a sign that the holy icon appeared to enlighten with spiritual light those darkened by the blindness of the Mohammedan false teaching. The list from the icon was sent to Moscow, and Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich ordered the construction of a church and a convent on the site of the appearance of the icon. The first nun and then the abbess in the monastery was the maiden Matrona. In 1768, Empress Catherine II, listening to the liturgy in the monastery, decorated the crown miraculous icon Virgin with a diamond crown.

November 4th. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

In 1611, in the winter, St. the miraculous Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was sent back to Kazan, but on the way there, in Yaroslavl, she was met by a militia from Nizhny Novgorod, gathered by Minin, over whom Prince Pozharsky took command and who, having learned about the miracles performed from the icon in Moscow, took her with him and constantly prayed before her, asking the zealous Heavenly Intercessor of the Christian race to send down help to them. The Most Holy Theotokos showed Her mercy, took under Her Protection the faithful sons of the fatherland, and with Her help Russia was saved from her enemies. The militia that arrived at Moscow with Prince Pozharsky encountered many obstacles that were insurmountable for human forces, namely: it was necessary to take the city, which was well fortified and stubbornly defended by the Poles, to repel the fresh, numerous Polish army that had approached Moscow, to pacify the willfulness and rampage of the Russian detachments, who met the arriving militia almost with hatred and showing them only enmity and treason. In addition, the lack of food in the devastated area and the lack of weapons produced a strong decline in courage in the arriving army. And many of the faithful sons of the fatherland, losing the last spark of hope, exclaimed in deep sorrow: “Forgive me, freedom of the fatherland! Forgive me, holy Kremlin! We have done everything for your release; but it is clear that it is not pleasing to God to bless our weapons with victory!”

Deciding on the last attempt to liberate the dear fatherland from enemies, but not relying on their own strength, all the army and people turned to the Lord and His Most Pure Mother with a prayer, establishing a special solemn prayer for this and strictly observing a three-day fast. God heard the prayer cry of those who care about the fatherland and inviolability Orthodox Church and showed them His mercy. The sick Archbishop Arseniy of Elasson, who was in a heavy captivity of the Poles, in the Moscow Kremlin occupied by them, who came to Russia with the Greek Metropolitan Jeremiah, appeared in a dream Reverend Sergius and announced that, through the prayers of the Mother of God and the great Moscow miracle workers Peter, Alexy, Jonah and Philip, the next day the Lord would overthrow the enemies and return the saved Russia to her sons, and to assure the fulfillment of his words, He granted Arseny healing. Encouraged by the good news, the Russian soldiers called on the help of the Queen of Heaven and courageously approached Moscow, and on October 22, 1612, they liberated Kitai-Gorod, and two days later they took the Kremlin itself. The Poles fled. The next day, on Sunday, the Russian army and all the inhabitants of Moscow, in gratitude for their deliverance from their enemies, made a solemn procession to the Execution Ground, carrying the miraculous icon of the Mother of God, sacred banners and other Moscow shrines. This spiritual procession was met from the Kremlin by Archbishop Arseny with the miraculous Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, which he had kept in captivity. Seeing this icon, the soldiers and the people knelt down and with tears of joy kissed holy image his intercessor.

In memory of such a miraculous deliverance of Moscow from the Poles, by the permission of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich and the blessing of his father, the Metropolitan, later Patriarch Filaret, the Church was established annually on October 22 to celebrate the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow with a procession. First, the procession was made to the Church of the Presentation of the Mother of God, on Lubyanka, where the house of Prince Pozharsky was located, and after the construction of a new church, in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built at the expense of Prince Pozharsky (which is now the Kazan Cathedral, on Resurrection Square), the procession is already taking place in the cathedral. The miraculous icon, which was with him in the ranks of the army, was also transferred there by Prince Pozharsky himself.

Tobolsk Icon of the Mother of God

This miraculous icon is located in Tobolsk in cathedral. She appeared in 1661. This year, on July 8, in Tobolsk, in the Znamensky Monastery, on the day of the celebration of the Kazan icon, at matins, when Hierodeacon Ioanniky read the legend about the appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kazan and reached the place where it is said that the Kazan archbishop had not previously believed the appearance of the icon , then in front of all the people he prayed to the Most Pure Lady for the forgiveness of his sin, he suddenly fell unconscious on the floor along with the lectern.

When he came to his senses, he immediately demanded a confessor and revealed to him the following:

“On June 21st, after Matins, I went to my cell and fell asleep. Suddenly I see - a saint comes to me in full vestments, similar to John Chrysostom; I took him for Metropolitan Philip. The saint said to me: “Get up and tell the archimandrite, the governor and all the people that not far from the Three Saints Church in the city they build a church in the name of the Kazan Mother of God, they would build it in three days, and on the fourth they would consecrate and bring into it the image of the Mother of God of Kazan - that the very one that now stands in the porch of this Three Saints Church in a closet, facing the wall. Tell this image to be celebrated in the city. For your sins, I was angry with you, you speak foul language and fill the air with your foul language like a stench: this is a stench to both God and people; but our Lady, with all the saints, prayed to her Son Christ our God for your city and for all the people, so that He would turn away His righteous wrath. But when I got up from sleep, I was amazed, but I didn’t say anything to anyone. A little later, when I was in my cell and began to write irmos: Embellished with divine glory, the same saint suddenly came to me and graciously said to me: “Why didn’t you tell what was said to you from the Most Holy Theotokos through me, Her minister?" - and disappeared. Out of fear, I fell to the ground, glorified God, but I was afraid to speak about the vision, so that confusion would not come out among the people, and out of fear that they would not believe me. A few days later, during my sleep, the saint again appeared to me and said with anger: “Why didn’t you say what was commanded to you? Because of your neglect, the wrath of God is coming on your city for your sins. Your bread is rotting, and the water is drowning - get up soon and tell the archimandrite, the governor and all the people; If you don't, you will soon lose your life. If the townspeople obey, then the mercy of God will be on your city and its environs; if they do not listen, then it will be hard for your city: your cattle will die, the water will scatter your houses from the rains, and you will all disappear like worms, and the image of the Mother of God will be glorified in another place.

But I didn’t tell anyone about this third phenomenon either, and on July 6, when, after evening singing, I came to my cell, went to bed, I fell into a light sleep and heard - in the monastery a wonderful ringing of two bells and the singing of extraordinary voices: Let us exalt Ty, Immaculate Mother of our God. One of the singers said to me: "Because you did not say what you were commanded, tomorrow you will be punished before all the people." And when in the morning I began to read about the appearance of the miraculous image of the Mother of God in Kazan, I saw that the saint who had appeared to me before came from the porch and blesses the people on both sides; having come to the meal, also blessing the people, he came up to me and said: “You are reading this and why don’t you believe it yourself? That image was in the ground, and this one stands in the porch facing the wall; why didn't you tell about it?" And he, shaking his hand at me, said: "From now on, be decrepit until the divine work is done." Having said this, he became invisible, and I fell to the ground from fear, and now I am telling you.”

The people, having learned about the miraculous phenomena, with tears glorified the mercy of the Most Holy Theotokos, and all with zeal with a procession of the cross took the icon to the place where it was ordered to build the Church, and the church was built in three days and consecrated on the fourth. Before the construction of the church, the narrator notes, there were torrential rains and water came in the rivers, as if in springtime, and when they began to build the church, there was a bucket; breads and vegetables have recovered since then.

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. images

• Kaplunovskaya-Kazan Icon
• Karpovskaya-Kazan Icon
• Katashinsky-Kazan Icon
• Ascension-Kazan Icon
• Pavlovsk-Kazan Icon
• Irkutsk-Kazan icon
• Kargopol-Kazan Icon
• Yaroslavl-Kazan Icon
• Kazanskaya, located in the Moscow Simonov Monastery
• Kazanskaya, located in the Vyshenskaya desert
• Kazanskaya, located in the Tambov Cathedral
• Kazan, located in Suzdal

Kaplunovskaya-Kazan Icon. This icon is located in the village of Kaplunovka, Kharkov diocese. Appeared in 1689 as follows. The priest of this village, distinguished by a particularly pious life, Ioann Umanov, had a dream of an old man adorned with gray hair, and told him that icon painters with icons would soon come to him from Moscow and that he would acquire from the oldest of them in years from a bunch of icons for himself the eighth account, the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. “From her you will receive grace and mercy,” added the elder. The priest did so, but before that he strictly fasted. Soon a new vision followed in a dream to the priest Umanov: the Most Holy Theotokos Herself appeared and ordered the icon to be placed in the church. The priest announced his vision to the people and triumphantly transferred the icon to the church, and from that time miracles began to happen from the icon. The icon was called Kaplunovskaya. In 1709, when Emperor Peter the Great was at war with the Swedish king Charles XII, he summoned a priest with the Kaplunov icon to his army in Kharkov and ordered him to carry it in front of the regiments, and he himself prayed with tears to the Queen of Heaven for help. Meanwhile, King Charles, having stopped with his army near Kaplunovka, placed himself with the traitor Hetman Mazepa in the house of the priest John. Then some of his violent warriors wanted to burn the church. They surrounded it with straw and firewood, but no matter how hard they tried to set it on fire, neither firewood nor straw caught fire. Having learned about such a miracle and also about the fact that St. the icon is in the Russian camp, Karl said to Mazepa: "If they could not light the church even without the icon, then where it is, it will not be reliable for us." So indeed it happened. The Battle of Poltava gave Great Peter the victory over Charles. There is a miraculous Kaplunovskaya icon in the Kozeevka settlement, 80 versts from Kharkov.

Nizhnelomovskaya-Kazan Icon. This icon appeared in 1643 at a spring two versts from the city of Nizhniy Loma in the Penza province. At the site of her appearance, a chapel was first erected, and then a church and a monastery.

Karpovskaya-Kazan Icon. This icon is in the Kursk Znamensky Monastery. It was brought here in 1725 from the Karpov desert.

Katashinsky-Kazan icon. This icon appeared in 1622 in a grove near the village of Bely Kolodez, Chernihiv province, to the local priest and placed by him in the village church. In 1692, a monastery named Katashinsky.

Ascension-Kazan icon. She is in the Ascension Convent in Moscow, in the Kremlin. For the first time she became famous in 1689. Twice it was in danger of burning, but miraculously it was preserved. This year, after a prayer service before this icon, they forgot to extinguish the candle, the candle fell, and the lectern on which the icon lay was burnt from it, and the icon itself, despite the fact that it was written on the canvas, remained completely unharmed. Another time, when in 1701, on June 19, there was a fire in the Moscow Kremlin and the royal palace and the Ascension Monastery burned down, the icon miraculously survived. When they took out the utensils and icons from the cathedral monastery church, they did not take it out, but meanwhile it turned out to be together with other icons taken out; when, after the end of the fire, they began to bring things into the cathedral, they saw that the icon was already in its place, although no one had brought it. And there were many miraculous healings from this icon.

Pavlovsk-Kazan icon. This icon is located in the village of Pavlovsky, Moscow province, Zvenigorod district. She appeared on a tree, near the village, where a chapel was built in memory of the apparition; inside the chapel is a well, popularly called holy. The first miracle from the icon was the following. One of the peasants of the village of Pavlovsky fell into a cruel illness from an intemperate life. At this time, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared in a dream to another pious peasant and ordered him to tell the sick man to pray to Her for healing and go to wash in the holy well. Then he would have abandoned his intemperate life, otherwise he might perish. The patient with great effort went to the well, washed himself and - completely recovered.

Irkutsk-Kazan icon. It is located in Irkutsk in the Epiphany Cathedral and became famous for many miracles. Every year in April or May, after the sowing of spring grain, they carry it with a procession through the neighboring rural peasant fields to consecrate the crops. This religious procession has long been established on the occasion of frequent crop failures in the surrounding villages of the city of Irkutsk.

Kargopol-Kazan icon. This miraculous icon is located in Kargopol, Olonets diocese, in the Church of the Ascension. She became famous in 1714. The icon was in the house of the pious widow Martha Ponomareva, who once, while praying before the icon, saw that a tear was flowing from the right eye of the Most Holy Theotokos, and in fear informed the priest about it. The icon was transferred to the church, and here twice in a short time, in the sight of everyone, streams of tears appeared from the eyes of the Mother of God, which was reported to the then Metropolitan of Novgorod Job.

Yaroslavl-Kazan icon. This icon is located in Yaroslavl in the convent of Kazan. The story of her glorification is as follows. In 1588, on July 2, a certain pious man named Gerasim, when he was in Kazan, had a wonderful vision of the Mother of God Herself, and after he wished to acquire Her icon for himself, he heard a voice in a dream indicating where and which icon purchase, and then go to the city of Romanov and tell the inhabitants there to build a temple in the name of the icon. Gerasim found the icon and only took it in his hands, as his right hand, which had been sick for a long time, was healed. A temple was built in Romanov, and the icon stood there until 1604, when Romanov was taken by the Lithuanians. At this time, one of them took a miraculous icon from the church and took it with him to Yaroslavl. Here the Theotokos Herself appeared to a certain deacon Eleazar and commanded that a temple be erected in her honor. The temple was erected, and then a monastery with it. The inhabitants of Romanov wanted to return the miraculous icon to themselves, but the citizens of Yaroslavl asked Tsar Vasily Ioannovich to leave it in their city, and the tsar, on the advice of Patriarch Hermogenes, approved the desire of the latter by a letter on his behalf, but with the fact that they made an exact list with the miraculous icons for Romanov. And the miraculous icon itself is carried every year from Yaroslavl to Romanov.

Kazanskaya, located in the Moscow Simonov Monastery. This icon was donated to the monastery by those who received it for a blessing from Bishop Tikhon of Voronezh. On the sides are depicted St. Tikhon, the angel of the saint, and Martha, the angel of the saint's sister Martha. For the first time she became famous for the healing of the girl - the wanderer Natalia, who three times appeared in a dream with an icon, but she did not know where to find it. Finally, Hieroschemamonk Alexy of the Simonov Monastery appeared to her in a dream with the image itself and said that the icon was in the monastery in the cathedral church on the right side. The icon was found, and the patient, after praying before it, received healing. Subsequently, in honor of her and for her, a special chapel was arranged at the cathedral monastery church. There were many miracles from the icon.

Kazanskaya, located in the Vyshenskaya desert. This icon in 1812 was brought from Moscow to the Tambov Ascension Convent by the nun Miropia, who, on the occasion of the ruin of the capital, moved there. The pious old woman three times in reality heard a voice from the icon commanding her to be transferred to the Vyshenskaya hermitage, and after her death, according to her will, the icon was transferred. In addition to many healings from the icon, the Vyshensky monks sometimes saw a bright light pouring from it throughout the church at night.

Kazanskaya, located in the Vysochinskiy Kazan Monastery. So the monastery is named after the icon, and the icon is named after the village of Vysochino, where it became famous for miracles. The icon appeared at the beginning of the 18th century, during the reign of Emperor Peter I. The village of Vysochino did not exist then, but there was a government pine forest. On the bank of the swampy river Mzha, which flowed among the forest and was surrounded by swamps, a watchman and his family lived in a hut. It was to this watchman that the icon appeared, standing on a swampy hummock. Light rays emanated from the icon. The watchman took it with reverence and prayer and placed it in his hut with icons on the shelf. Here the icon soon marked itself with a sun-like radiance emanating from it and at the same time healing the blind and lame old man, the watchman's father. Then they took the icon to the nearest church in the village of Artyukhovka, but the icon returned three times back to the watchman's hut. The people, having learned about the revealed icon, began to come in large numbers to worship her, and many received healing and consolation. Then the centurion Vysochin, to whom the emperor, for merit during the Battle of Poltava, presented land with a forest - a forest, where a miraculous icon stood in the watchman's hut, built a village here, which was named after his last name, Vysochino, and from the village of Artyukhovka moved a church here, where and a miraculous icon was delivered. Subsequently, a monastery was built here. And in the monastery there were many miracles from the icon.

Kazan, located in the Tambov Cathedral. This icon is richly decorated. Her first miracle was in 1695, on December 6, during the all-night vigil, tears that moistened the veil and lectern.

Kazanskaya, located in the Temnikovsky Transfiguration Cathedral. She was in the pantry among the unusable utensils. The icon appeared three times to a lady who suffered from pain in her legs and promised healing if she found it. The patient demanded to be taken to the Temnikovsky Cathedral. As soon as she saw the icon in the pantry, she immediately felt relieved and, after prayer, was completely healed.

Kazan, located in the city of Vyazniki. It stands in the cathedral church. This icon marked itself with miracles at the beginning of the 17th century.

Kazan, located in Suzdal. It stands in the parish Church of the Resurrection. This icon, as a result of the appearance of the Mother of God Herself, was painted by one pious monk of Shartomsky Nicholas Monastery Joachim, who lived in the 17th century. The monk lived near the Kazan Church in a hut, where he was buried.

“Miraculous Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos. Their history and images”, compiled by Archpriest I. Bukharev. Moscow, Caravel, 1994. Published according to the edition: Miraculous Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos (Their History and Images). Compiled by Archpriest I. Bukharev. Moscow, Tipo-Lithography G.I. Prostakov, Balchug, village of Simonov Monastery. 1901

The Day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on November 4th. This icon is included in the list of the most ancient and revered Russian shrines. About what kind of icon it is and what it became famous for, read in our regular section "Question and Answer".

History of appearance

The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was discovered in 1579. The Mother of God appeared to a little girl in a dream and asked her to go to the house destroyed after the fire and find the icon there. Nobody believed the child, but on the second night the dream was repeated. Then the family went to the indicated place and found the icon on the ashes. Despite the fact that everything in the house burned to the ground, the icon survived and retained all its colors.

The face was placed in the Assumption Cathedral, located in Kazan. In 1904, the icon was stolen because of the precious frame, and the face itself was destroyed.

The Kazan icon differs from others in that the Divine Infant is depicted standing on the left side of the mother. At the same time, his right hand is raised, which symbolizes a blessing.

How and when is the celebration?

The divine holiday associated with the icon of Our Lady of Kazan is usually celebrated twice a year. July 21 celebrate the appearance of her image. A religious procession around the Kazan Kremlin is taking place in Kazan. Since the icon itself was lost, now the Vatican list is used for this procession, which was returned to Russia after being abroad. Many people come to Kazan especially for this day, but services in honor of this icon are held throughout the country. She is loved by believers and remains one of the most revered even today.

The second date associated with the icon is celebrated on November 4th. In the autumn of 1612, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin liberated Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian invaders. Before the onset of the decisive battle, the Russian regiments prayed to the divine image, thanks to which the victory was won. In honor of the intercession of the Saint, a holiday was established, celebrated since 1649 throughout Russia.

Who does the icon help?

Nowadays, copies of the miraculous image are used in churches around the world. A lot of information has been preserved in history when the icon of the Kazan Mother of God appeared by itself. Chapels or temples were built in these places, where miracles happened to people.

For the first time, her strength was discussed immediately after the discovery. According to legend, two blind people took part in the procession, when the icon was transferred from the burnt house to the Assumption Cathedral. Touching the icon, they received their sight. After that, the icon began to be used to treat blindness and other ailments.

In the hope of help, believers turn to the face of the Mother of God with problems in the family, health problems. She also blesses the newlyweds for a lasting marriage. At the icon, parents ask for protection higher powers for kids.

The feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is celebrated twice a year: on July 21, in memory of the appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kazan, and on November 4, in gratitude for the deliverance of Moscow and all of Russia from the invasion of the Poles in 1612.

The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most revered in Russia. Of the many icons of the Mother of God revered in the Russian Orthodox Church, not one is common in so many lists as Kazan.

history of the holiday

The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God has a very interesting story. It was found in 1579 by a nine-year-old girl in the ashes of a terrible fire that destroyed part of the city of Kazan.

The fire in Kazan started in the house of the merchant Onuchin. After the fire of the merchant's daughter Matrona, the Mother of God appeared in a dream and revealed to her that under the ruins of their house there was her miraculous image, buried in the ground.

It still remains a mystery how the shrine fell under the ruins. It is believed that it was buried by secret confessors of Christianity during the Tatar rule.

At first, they did not pay attention to the words of the girl, but when the dream repeated itself three times, they began to dig and found an icon of amazing beauty on the ashes. The holy image, despite the fire, looked as if it had just been painted.

The image was solemnly transferred to the parish church of Nikola Tulsky, the rector of which was then a pious priest, the future Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Hermogenes.

The future saint, who died at the hands of the Poles for his fidelity to Orthodoxy and canonized, and compiled a detailed account of the miracles of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

The fact that the icon was miraculous became clear immediately, since already during the procession, the sight returned to two Kazan blind. These miracles were the first in a long list of cases of grace-filled help.

At the place where the icon was found, a convent was later founded, where Matrona and her mother took monastic vows.

So by the time difficult times came in Russia, the icon of the Kazan Mother of God was no longer just known, but also very revered.

At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, a series of tragic circumstances took place in Russia, and this era went down in history under the name of the Time of Troubles. This is the era of the deep crisis of the Muscovite state, caused by the suppression of the royal dynasty of Rurik.

The dynastic crisis soon developed into a national-state one. The united Russian state collapsed, numerous impostors appeared. Widespread robberies, robbery, theft, wholesale drunkenness hit the country.

By call His Holiness Patriarch Hermogenes, the Russian people stood up to defend their homeland. A list of the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos - Kazan was sent from Kazan to the Nizhny Novgorod people's militia, which was headed by Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin.

The militia, having learned about the miracles performed from the icon, took it with them and constantly prayed before it, asking for help. They liberated Kitai-Gorod on October 22 (November 4, according to the new style), and two days later they took the Kremlin. The next day, the Russian soldiers went to the Kremlin with a religious procession with a miraculous image in their hands.

How to celebrate

On this day, all people went to churches, where they prayed for their homeland, for their loved ones and relatives, so that there would be peace and tranquility in families.

After the liturgy, all believers went to the procession - with icons in their hands they walked around cities and villages, villages, which symbolized the protection of the settlement from trouble. Today they are limited to walking along the main streets or just around the church.

Young girls who have not yet found a betrothed can try their luck at Kazanskaya and greet the suitors. According to legend, you need to go to a birch, find a leaf on the tree or near it, covered with frost on both sides, and look into it like in a mirror.

And it is also customary to play weddings at Kazanskaya. According to folk omens, the family created on this day will be happy, and family life will be long.

In the old days, women believed that on this day the Mother of God helps them. There were many protective rites used by women on this day.

For example, a birch leaf gives beauty and protects against old age. To do this, early in the morning on a holiday, women went to a birch grove, where they looked for leaves covered with frost. Having torn off a leaf, they looked into it, as if into a mirror. It was believed that after that the face would be cleansed and rejuvenated, and throughout next year the woman will look beautiful.

Feast of Our Lady of Kazan: what not to do

The feast of the icon of the mother of God does not belong to the twelfth church holidays so it is not allowed to work. However, believers who revere this holy image know that on this day it is still better to go to church, pray, and not start urgent and important things or do laundry and clean up. It is even believed that hard work on this day does not give significant results.

In addition, on the day of veneration of the Kazan Mother of God, it is not recommended to quarrel, cry, be sad or regret the past.

On this holiday, it is customary to invite guests, friends and relatives to the table to share food with them in a relaxed, relaxed atmosphere. Thanks to this, people are filled with joy and good mood.

Prayer

Oh, Most Pure Lady of the Mother of God, Queen of heaven and earth, supreme angel and the archangel and all creatures, the most honest, pure Virgin Mary, the good helper of the world, and affirmation to all people, and deliverance in all needs! You are our intercessor and intercessor, you are protection for the offended, joy for the grieving, refuge for the orphan, guardian widows, glory to the virgins, weeping joy, visitation to the sick, healing to the weak, salvation to sinners. Have mercy on us, Mother of God, and fulfill our petition, for all the essence is possible for Your intercession: for glory befits You now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.