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The miraculous icon of the Mother of God is revered in the Orthodox world as a symbol of healing and guidance on the true path. Many believers note her great help in gaining health even with severe illnesses.

History of the icon

The appearance of the icon is dated 1470. In Belarus, in a place called Zhirovichi, peasants discovered an image of the Virgin Mary in a deep forest, which they took to their owner. He decided to hide the find at home, but the next day the unexpected happened: the icon ended up in the forest again. Prince Alexander Soltan saw this as a Divine sign and ordered a temple to be built at the location of the icon. A few years later, a misfortune occurred and the temple burned down, but the face of the Mother of God remained untouched, which again amazed people. The icon was found standing on a stone next to a burning candle. Since then, the Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God has been venerated annually on May 20 according to the new style.

Where is the icon

During the First World War, the icon was transported to Moscow, where it remained until the early twenties, and then returned to the monastery. Now the holy image is in the cathedral in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Zhirovitsky Monastery of the Minsk Diocese.

Description of the icon

The icon depicts the Mother of God with the Baby Jesus in her arms. He is written clinging to his mother’s cheek, tenderly hugging the Virgin Mary’s neck. The authentic icon is made on jasper stone.

What do people pray for to the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God?

Orthodox Christians turn to the face of the Mother of God for help:

• for diseases, ailments, congenital and acquired;
• for protection against fire and other natural disasters;
• from memory loss;
• about finding true faith and guidance on the righteous path;
• to get rid of bad habits;
• when faced with a difficult choice.

According to eyewitnesses, the Zhirovitsk Icon healed a boy who was on the verge of death, but his mother, wanting to return her child, frantically prayed to the face of the Saint, and the boy miraculously survived. The prayers also helped a peasant woman who was sick with consumption. Through prayers to the icon, many healings were granted, which are described only as miracles. The icon also helped the woman in labor, over whom prayers were read in the hope of a successful outcome, and another miracle of healing of two fading lives has reached our times, transmitted orally and in writing. The Mother of God also helped the clergyman, who was facing imminent death due to a serious illness.

Prayers to the icon

Everyone can turn to Our Lady with a sincere request. Prayers coming from the heart will definitely be heard.

“Oh, most merciful Virgin Mary! Let us touch Your grace, do not leave us, God's servants, without blessing. We turn to You in our sorrows and dream of a speedy healing of our ailments. You, whose light shows the true path on our sinful land, work miracles and heal our souls and bodies. We kneel before you, Mother, deliver us from fears and confusion, do not let the devil’s machinations take over our minds, and let us live righteously, trusting in the Lord. Do not deprive us of the good word spoken for us before God. I appeal to intercession from the machinations of men, the envious infidels and the sorrows of the world. With your sign of autumn, may you deliver us from natural disasters, from great water and from fires, from strong winds and from drought, so that we do not suffer from losses, hunger and cold. Your power is inexhaustible, just as Your mercy is inexhaustible. Amen".

Any sincere prayer and pure thoughts can work miracles. Every believer can ask for help from the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God. On May 20, the day of celebration, prayers have special power and are able to heal everyone who suffers from ailments, illnesses and addictions. We wish you peace and prosperity, and do not forget to press the buttons and

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The miraculous list has sufficient respect in the Christian world and is considered a symbol of divine healing and guidance on the true path. Believers find in the image of the Mother of God help in getting rid of the most terrible ailments.

At the site of the miraculous appearance of the shrine, the Zhirovitsky temple was formed, and May 20 is celebrated as the day of this list.

History of the appearance of the image

The image appeared in 1470 near the village of Zhirovichi, in Belarus.

Little shepherds, walking in the forest, saw an unusually bright light emitted through the crown of a pear tree. As they approached, the Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God appeared before the eyes of the children. The guys reverently took the shrine and handed it over to their owner named Soltan, who locked the image in a casket. The next day the icon was not found. After a while, the list was found in the same forest, and the owner of the neighborhood took an oath to build a monastery in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the site of its appearance.

• A settlement was formed around the wooden building and a parish was established. In 1560, the Church of the Virgin Mary burned down, and it seemed to all people that the shrine could not be saved. However, after some time, the village boys saw a beautiful woman at the site of the fire, holding that same shrine in her hands. The image was placed in a newly built stone temple.
• The glory of the Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God increased in the 18th century. In Rome they intended to open a similar version of this list. During renovations at the residence, a copy of the fresco was found painted on the wall. She possessed miraculous power and healed the steward from the city of Mstislav.
• In 1726, they decided to coronate the icon, as researchers discovered more than 200 episodes of miracles performed by it. Throughout the week, ceremonial services were held in this honor at the Zhirovitsky Monastery. 140,000 people received communion at the festival.
• Glorifying the image, the clergy gave orders for the construction of triumphal arches along the road to the birthplace of the holy list. The Assumption Church was decorated with images of miracles performed by the icon.
• During the First World War, the holy image was transported to the Moscow Cathedral of the Virgin Mary. The list returned to its home in 1922 after the admonitions of Archimandrite Tikhon. In the same year, an icon case (decorated cabinet) was built for the image of the Virgin Mary.

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Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovitskaya

Location and features of iconography

Today the shrine is located in the Belarusian Assumption Cathedral. On the territory of the monastery there are open healing springs, where Orthodox Christians draw water to cleanse their bodies and minds. The clergy notes the holiness of the stones on which images of the Virgin Mary were found.

The pilgrimage to the holy image has not stopped for several centuries.

Important! The celebration in honor of the glorious image is held annually on May 20th. On this day, the number of believing parishioners at the monastery reaches a large number. Every year the clergy organize a solemn procession with an icon, prayers and chants.

The shrine is small in size and oval in shape with a slight narrowing at the top, carved on semi-precious jasper. The list depicts the Mother of God and the Child Jesus. Jasper has a mixture of green and dark red shades, which gives the optical impression of ocher. This shrine underwent restoration and was glued together with wax. There was an inscription on the image glorifying the angels, but it was not preserved.

• The shrine depicts the Mother of God with the little Christ, her left hand is located on her chest.
• The Virgo's head is uncovered and excessively tilted to the right.
• The baby is dressed in a short shirt (tunic), so his bent knees are exposed. Christ clings to the Mother, his head is thrown back, and his right hand goes to Mary.
• The halos are made in the shape of an ellipse, the maforia (outer clothing) of the Virgin Mary has dynamic folds.
• On the shrine one can distinguish the Greek letters of the names of the Mother and the Son, traditional for the type of iconography.

The Zhirovitsk icon is the only one among the Belarusian lists that was made on stone in flat relief. The shrine is classified as the “Tenderness” (Eleusa) type, which conveys the idea of ​​divine intercession.

On a note! In 2013, Belarusian scientists made a holographic copy of this shrine. Work began with the permission of the authoritative bishops of the Holy Dormition Monastery in the village of Zhirovichi.

Our Lady of Zhirovitsk

Healings in front of the shrine

From the 18th century to the present day, many works have been written characterizing the miraculous activity of the list. The publications contain works of art criticism and theological discussions. The authors describe a large number of cases of divine healing before the image of the Virgin Mary.

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Prayers to the holy image of the Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God have repeatedly helped to get rid of infertility, overcome chronic illnesses and correct congenital anomalies.

• Pieces of stone from the monastery saved the lives of a dying mother in labor and her newborn child.
• The prayers of the relatives of the woman with consumption contributed to the complete recovery of the unfortunate woman.
• The chronicles know the case of the healing of a boy over whom a funeral chant was performed. The child's mother fervently asked the image of the Virgin Mary for salvation.
• The Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God helped a peasant who suffered from immune pathology, could not move and had practically lost his physical strength. Mentally promising to pray to her if he regained health, he immediately got rid of the disease.
• The Virgin Mary appeared to a girl dying of an incurable disease in a dream, indicating humble prayer before the image. The unfortunate woman ordered to bring her to the Zhirovitsky Monastery, but died along the way. The burial was carried out in a holy place, but during the procession a miracle happened: the girl got up and went to kneel before the shrine. Soon the healed woman took monastic vows and spent the rest of her days in the temple.
• Hieromonk Nikolai suffered from an aneurysm for a long time. The disease has reached a stage where medicine no longer knows the means of healing. Praying to the image of the Virgin, the hieromonk began to recover and on the same day he completely got rid of the illness, although he had previously been preparing to depart to another world.
• During communion in front of the image of Our Lady of Zhirovitsk, a case of relief from a speech impediment in one girl was recorded. Her oral cavity had an abnormal structure from birth.
• The grandmother was completely healed of rheumatism after her sore joints were anointed with oil from a lamp standing at the shrine.
• A girl with a serious eye disease was healed by drinking water from a spring on the territory of the monastery. Medicine insisted on surgical intervention.
• The sincerely praying mother managed to receive a blessing from the Mother of God, who saved her dying son. The child was diagnosed with a brain cyst. His condition improved after his first visit to the temple, and after the fifth, the tumor completely disappeared.
• During the service, an elderly woman received healing from advanced radiculitis.

The significance of the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God for the entire Christian world is very great. Miraculously appearing in the forest in front of two shepherdesses, she gained Heavenly glory and divinely healed already desperate people from terrible ailments.

The face of the Zhirovitsky Mother of God has healing properties, helps to direct a person to the true and correct path, therefore they pray next to her and turn to her with a variety of requests for help.

What does the icon look like?

The Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God depicts the Virgin Mary with the Child, whom she holds in her arms. The boy hugs the Virgin Mary tightly by the neck and presses his cheek to her face. This image is made on jasper.

The head of the Virgin Mary is tilted to the right and is completely uncovered. The boy is wearing only a short shirt, so his legs are not covered. The halos are made not in a round, but in an elliptical shape.

This holy image is the only one in Belarus that was made in flat relief on stones.

Today this miraculous icon is located in the church built in honor of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary at the Zhirovitsky Monastery, which belongs to the Minsk diocese.

History of the shrine

The story of how this beautiful Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God came into being is considered one of the most miraculous in the entire history of the Christian faith. At the end of the 15th century, it was discovered in the forest by simple shepherds. The icon inexplicably ended up on the branches of a pear tree. This happened near the small town of Zhirovitsy, on the territory of Belarus. As a symbol of the place where the icon was discovered, beautiful flowers are painted around the halos of the Virgin Mary and the Savior.

The icon was named Zhirovitskaya in honor of the settlement near which it was found. After discovery, the shepherds handed over the icon of the Mother of God to the owner of those territories, Alexander Soltan, a nobleman of Lithuanian origin. Initially, this man did not attach any importance to it; he did not even imagine that the find could be valuable. For this reason, he simply put it in his chest and locked it there.

Zhirovitsky Monastery in Belarus

The very next day, an amazing thing happened: the icon was again found in that same place; the nobleman no longer found it in the casket. This event was interpreted in this way: the Mother of God herself wants a temple to be built in the place where the icon has already been found twice. A small wooden church appeared there in her honor.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the church was completely burned, but the icon again became the object of a miracle. No one even thought that it could survive after such a fire. After some time she was found. It was located on one of the stones on the mountain, under which the same church had previously been. A church candle was burning in front of the face depicted on the icon. After some time, another temple and a monastery were erected on this site.

Over the following years, the holy image of the Mother of God and Savior managed to see many more places and cities, but returned to the church at the Zhirovitsky monastery.

Prayers before the image

People turn to the Zhirovitskaya icon with the image of the Mother of God in prayer with a variety of requests. They pray and offer:

• requests for healing;
• prayers for strengthening faith;
• about help in finding the right path;
• about getting rid of doubts.

There are many cases in which prayer in front of this icon helped people and again taught them to believe in miracles and enjoy every moment of life.

1. The fragments of stones taken from the monastery saved the life of a woman and her newborn baby.
2. Thanks to the fact that relatives prayed for the woman’s health in front of the shrine, she fully recovered from consumption.
3. One day a boy was healed while singing a funeral chant. All thanks to the fact that the mother fervently read the prayer before the face of the Mother of God.
4. The icon helped the man get rid of a serious illness, due to which he could not move and lost almost all his physical strength.
5. One elderly woman was completely cured of rheumatism due to the fact that her joints were anointed with oil that burned in a lamp standing in front of the holy face.
6. A poor woman's son was diagnosed with a brain cyst. She prayed in front of the shrine and even brought the boy to that same temple several times. After the first visit, his health improved noticeably, and after 5 visits, doctors examined him and found no malignancy.

Prayer text

The prayer to the Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God sounds as follows:

“O Most Merciful Lady, Virgin Mother of God! With my lips I will touch Your shrine, or with these words I will confess Your generosity, which is revealed to people: no one, who flows to You, goes away and is not heard. From my youth I have sought Your help and intercession, and I would never again be deprived of Your mercy. See, O Lady, the sorrows of my heart and the ulcers of my soul. And now, kneeling before Your most pure image, I offer my prayers to You. Do not deprive me of Your all-powerful intercession on the day of my sorrow, and on the day of my sorrow intercede for me. Do not turn away my tears, O Lady, and fill my heart with joy. Be my refuge and intercession, O Merciful One, and enlighten my mind with the dawning of Your light. And I pray to You not only for myself, but also for the people who flow to Your intercession. Preserve the Church of Your Son in goodness, and protect it from the evil slander of the enemies who rise against it. Send Thy help to our archpastors in the apostolate, and keep them healthy, long-living, and the right of those who rule the word of the truth of the Lord. As a shepherd, ask God Your Son for zeal and vigilance for the souls of the verbal stead entrusted to them, and to send down upon them the spirit of reason and piety, purity and divine truth. Ask the same way, Lady, from the Lord for wisdom and strength from the rulers and city rulers, from the judges for truth and impartiality, and from all who flow to You the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love. I also pray to Thee, O Most Merciful One, to cover our country with the shelter of Thy goodness, and deliver it from natural disasters, invasions of foreigners and civil unrest, so that all who live in it may live a quiet and serene life in love and peace, and enjoy eternal blessings through eternal prayers Having inherited yours, they will be able to praise God together with you in Heaven forever. Amen".

Before the prayer is read, you can place a candle in front of the holy image. The significance of this icon for the Christian faith is quite great. The prayer in front of this image will definitely be heard by the Virgin Mary, the main thing is to read it sincerely, with all your heart and open your soul to her.

[Zhirovichskaya] (fest. May 7), a miraculous image on a stone, revealed near the estate of Zhirovichi (Zhirovitsy, Zhurovitsy; modern Slonim district, Grodno region, Belarus), is located in the Zhirovitsky stauropegial monastery in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Minsk diocese), is one of the main preserved shrines and historical relics of Belarus. Revered by Orthodox, Catholics and Uniates.

The legend about the appearance of the icon, which probably took shape in the 2nd half. XVI century and was literary formalized by the Zhirovich priest. Theodosius (Borovik) (Borowik. 1622), has similar features with the stories about the appearances of the Kupyatitsky, Lesninsky, Ryshkovsky, Pyukhtitsky and other miraculous Mother of God icons. J. and. was revealed in the forest, in the crown of a blooming wild pear tree, standing under a mountain near a spring. The shepherds, who discovered the icon by the radiance emanating from it, took the image to the owner of this area, Lithuanians. podskarbiyu orthodox. religion to Soltan, who hid it in a casket, from where the icon disappeared and was again revealed to the shepherds on the same tree. Soltan built a church on the site of the double appearance of the icon and placed J. and. there, decorating it with a precious robe. A settlement subsequently arose near the temple.

In one of the handwritten versions of “History” by Hierom. Feodosia (Borovika), published by P. N. Zhukovich (Zhukovich. 1912), the phenomenon of Zh. and. attributed to con. XV century, by the time of the reign of Vladimir. book Lithuanian Casimir IV. In sources of the 17th-18th centuries. phenomenon Zh. and. dated back to 1473, 1480, 1549, 1576. Church tradition correlates this event with 1470; such dating, first given in the publication of canon I. Nardi (Nardi. 1728), was fixed in publications of the 19th-20th centuries. However, historically the most reliable is the one proposed in the 18th century. Polish historian I. Stebelsky dates the event as 1494; identification of the founder of the Orthodox Church. church in Zhirovichi with the personality of the zemstvo treasurer Alexander Yuryevich, the ancestor of the Belarusians. gentry dynasty Soltanov, who made a pilgrimage to Palestine and served at the courts of Europe. monarchs, does not have sufficient grounds. The Zhirovichi estate was granted a charter dated March 20, 1493 by the lord. book Lithuanian Alexander Jagiellonchik to the son of Alexander Yuryevich Soltan, “Marshal of the Lord Ivashka Soltan Alexandrovich” († c. 1495), who built a church in Zhirovichi. Its existence is confirmed by a copy of a document from 1516, stored in the archive of the Lithuanian Metrics (AZR. 1848. Vol. 3: p. 252), - a complaint from Ivashka Soltan Aleksandrovich’s son, Alexander, against the wife of his guardian Litavor Khreptovich; Among the property are listed valuables taken by Mrs. Khreptovich from the sacristy of the church in Zhirovichi. The opinion was expressed (Mironowicz. 1991) that the phenomenon of Zh. and. happened in 1514, similar hypotheses were put forward from the 2nd half. XIX century based on untenable attempts to identify the personality of Alexander Soltan with the bishop. Joseph (Soltan), who was in 1509-1519. Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia and All Rus' (in Vilna), who actually belonged to a different family.

The legend tells that some time after its construction, the wooden church in Zhirovichi burned down, and the miraculous icon disappeared. Children returning from school saw the Virgin sitting on a stone not far from the ashes and surrounded by radiance. Having brought relatives and a priest, instead of Her they found an unharmed J. and. and a candle burning in front of her. The stone, which, according to legend, was found after the fire of J. and., has a depression reminiscent of a footprint and palm. It was believed that particles of the stone, called “Foot of the Virgin,” have healing properties and help women in labor. Currently time the stone is in the altar c. in honor of the Appearance of the Zhirovitsky Icon of the Mother of God, built in the Zhirovitsky Monastery in 1672 (according to other sources, in 1769).

Finding Zh. and. after the fire, it was believed that it happened in 1520 or 1560. The latter date cannot be considered convincing, since the construction of a new wooden church in Zhirovichi on the site of the burned one probably began during the life of the court marshal of Lithuania. Alexander Soltanovich (c. † 1554), 2nd after his father, Soltan Alexandrovich, owner of Zhirovichi. Synodik of the Zhirovitsky Monastery, compiled in mid. XVIII century based on an earlier text, calls A. Soltan “the first founder under whom this miracle was shown in Zhirovitsy” (Dobryansky. 1882). An argument in favor of the fact that the acquisition of life and. on the ashes occurred earlier than 1560, the one located in the 18th century can serve. Among her decorations is a votive pendant. Bona, who left Poland for Italy in 1556.

In 1555, the son of Alexander Soltanovich, Lithuanian court marshal since 1572, Ivan Aleksandrovich Soltan († ca. 1577), became the owner of Zhirovichi. Presumably he began the construction of a stone church in Zhirovichi. Archival documents from 1572, 1575 and 1587. confirm the existence of the Orthodox Church. church in Zhirovichi and the monastery plot that belonged to it. Perhaps at this time Orthodox Christians lived near the church. bishop (Turovo-Pinsk or Brest) and monks. Archival documents from 1580 describe the miracle of Zh. I. - the resurrection of the girl Raina from Belarus. Orthodox noble family of Voynov. The girl became seriously ill, and she had a vision that healing would come if she made a pilgrimage to Zhirovichi and devoted herself to serving the Mother of God. When Raina's parents were taking her from Minsk to Zhirovichi, she died. On the 4th day, after the coffin with the girl’s body stood in the church in Zhirovichi, she rose from it completely healthy. It is believed that the miracle about which the resurrected woman testified before Stefan Batory in Grodno occurred ca. 1558. The authenticity of her story was confirmed by the great hetman and Lithuanian chancellor Lev Sapega, the Vilna Catholic bishop. Benedict (War), Smolensk and Mstislav castellan Ivan Meleshko and Dorota Voinyanka, Raina’s sister. Their testimonies were included in the files of the royal chancellery; Raina Voinyanka was approved by royal decree as the abbess of the Pinsk Orthodox Varvara monastery. Numerous cases of healing from J. and. were recorded in the 17th-19th centuries, and they are still recorded today.

In the 1st half. XVII century J. and. was well known among believers. The Basilian monastery, founded in 1613 in Zhirovichi, became one of the main marial sanctuaries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The benefactors of the monastery were the co-owners of the Zhirovichi family, Ivan Meleshko and Dominik Soltan. In 1616 he led. Lithuanian Chancellor Lev Sapega, among the rich gifts of Mon-Ru, donated precious jewelry to J. and.

In 1629, construction of a new stone Assumption Church began in Zhirovichi; repairs and completion of the structure were carried out in the 70-80s. XVII century In the XVII-XVIII centuries. Through the efforts of the Zhirovitsky monks, books and engravings were published that glorified J. and. In 1623 in Vilna it was published in translation from the Old Belarusian. in Polish language "History" by Hierom. Feodosia (Borovik), in 1625-1629. There were 3 reprints of it. Until sep. XVII century 8 printed publications were published glorifying J. and. (including 2 panegyrics about the worship of the miraculous image in Zhirovichi by kings Vladislav IV and John Casimir), in the 18th century - 5 books and a large number of engravings for pilgrims. Starting from cor. Vladislav IV, who made a pilgrimage (December 9-10, 1644) to the miraculous image of the Mother of God in Zhirovichi, a tradition developed to come to worship J. and. on the eve of important events of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: cor. Jan Casimir made a pilgrimage in 1651, going on a campaign against Bohdan Khmelnytsky, cor. Jan III Sobieski - April 29 1683, on the eve of the battle with the Turks near Vienna. In the 18th century August II Sas and Stanislav August Poniatowski made trips to Zhirovichi to worship J. and.

It was believed that through the intercession of J. and., taken by the monks in 1660 to the nearby Bytensky Assumption Monastery, the Zhirovitsky monastery was saved from ruin during the Russian-Polish. wars (1654-1667).

Information about Zh. and. included in the archbishop's collection. Ioannikiy (Galjatovsky) “New Heaven” and in the Catholic encyclopedia of miraculous icons and sculptures of the Virgin Mary published in Munich during this period. world, which uses information about the most revered icons of the Mother of God in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, collected by the rector of the Vilna Jesuit Academy A. Koyalovich. Both publications contributed to the glorification of J. and. in Orthodox Left Bank Ukraine, in Russia, in Catholic. Europe. In 1715-1716 information about Zh. and. together with an engraving by D. Petzoldt signed in Polish, they are included in the handwritten collection of the Mother of God icons “The Most Bright Sun”, compiled by the guardian of the Moscow Annunciation Cathedral Simeon Mokhovikov (NB MSU. F. 293. No. 10536-22-71 and State Historical Museum. Muz. 39).

In the 1st third of the 18th century. J. and. revered throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This was facilitated by the discovery (Aug. 15, 1718) of a fresco copy of J. and under crumbling plaster. in the narthex of Rome. c. in the name of the martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, transferred (1639) by Pope Urban VIII to the Basilians of the Russian province for their residence. It has been suggested that the fresco was painted in the 17th century. one of the Basilian monks who arrived in Rome from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The first inhabitants of the mission to Rome. c. In the name of the martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, the monks Josaphat (Isaakovich) and Philip (Theodosius?) (Borovik) who arrived from Zhirovichi on July 15, 1639 (Kulczynski. 1732). The image depicted on the fresco became famous for miracles of healing and is revered under the name “Madonna del Pascolo” (Italian: Pascolo - Zhirovichi, granary). In 1719, the fresco was restored by L. G. da Cava, a student of Rome. artist V. Lomberti, a pictorial copy of it was made and sent to Zhirovichi (probably disappeared during the First World War). Received from Rome. The image of healing Mikhail Zagorsky, under the capital of Mstislav, donated a silver robe and crowns. 13 Sep. In 1730, the fresco was transferred to the main altar of the chapel in the name of the Zhirovitsk Icon of the Mother of God c. in the name of the martyrs Sergius and Bacchus.

In 1726, a resolution of the papal chapter, which examined more than 200 miracles of J. and., approved the decision on her coronation, which took place on September 8. 1730 For 8 days, solemn services were held in the Zhirovitsky Monastery; in those days, approx. 140 thousand people, 38 thousand believers were present at the coronation. On the road from Slonim to Zhirovichi, 7 triumphal arches were installed at the expense of the magnate families of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the clergy and the townspeople. The Assumption Church was decorated with 7 large oval painting compositions depicting the miracles of J. and. 2 golden crowns, made in Rome by the efforts of the procurator of the Basilian Order Benedict Trulevich and consecrated by Pope Benedict XIII, were placed on the icon by the Uniate. Kyiv Metropolitan Afanasy Sheptytsky, concelebrated by Bishops of Vladimir-Brest Theophilus Godemba-Godebsky and Turovo-Pinsk Georgy Bulgak. The costs associated with the coronation were borne by the King. Anna Radziwill, mother of the papal ambassador who delivered the crowns for J. and.

In 1839, the Zhirovitsky monastery passed to the Orthodox Church. Churches. J. and. was at that time in the local rank of the iconostasis of the Assumption Cathedral, to the right of the royal doors. Among the miracles of J. and., described in the 19th century, the rescue of the Zhirovitsky monastery from fires on March 7, 1836, November 3, was especially noted. 1854, April 10 1863 In the 2nd half. XIX century Zh. and services were established. with a prayer service to the Mother of God, akathist and kneeling prayer on March 7, April 10, November 3. On Sundays and days dedicated to the memory of the Mother of God, in the monastery after Vespers they performed an akathist service before J. and. Festive services dedicated to J. and. are held on the days of Pentecost, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Nativity of Christ, the Presentation, and the memory of the Great Martyr. George, Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Intercession. In the 19th century Up to 30 thousand pilgrims from Minsk, Grodno, Kovno, Vilna, Podolsk provinces and Podlasie came to the Intercession (Yarashevich. 2001).

In 1915 J. and. in a silver frame and with other valuables, she was evacuated to Moscow, to the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy. The Mother of God on the Moat, after its closure - in the Catherine the Great Martyr monastery in Vidnoye, Moscow region. In Jan. 1922, through the efforts of Archimandrite Zhivitsky. Tikhona (Sharapova) J. and. was returned to Zhirovichi (according to legend, he took her out in a jar of jam), but without salary. The monks of Pochaevskaya in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary completed the laurels for J. and. icon case (1922), in which the image was kept until 2008, until it received a new icon case. In 1938 with J. and. crowded religious processions took place in the cities and villages of the West. Belarus, the funds raised went to repair the Assumption Church. Zhirovitsky Monastery. Despite the persecution of the Polish. and Soviet authorities in the 20-70s. XX century, pilgrimages to J. and. didn't stop.

From ser. 80s XX century Every year on May 20, thousands of pilgrims come to venerate the miraculous image; they are given water from the source where the phenomenon of J. and I occurred. (at present, the source is located in the crypt of the Assumption Cathedral of the Zhirovitsky Monastery). On May 20, 1994, the 500th anniversary of the appearance of J. and. was solemnly celebrated. Since then, this holiday has been celebrated when it coincides with the days of the Ascension of the Lord or Easter. After the late liturgy, the image is carried by a procession of the cross from the Assumption Cathedral to the Yavlenskaya Church, where a prayer service with an akathist to the Mother of God is performed in the open air. Since 2000 March 7, April 10 and 3 Nov. (days of saving the monastery from fires) a canon is added to the ordinary services before J. and. and the Great Doxology is sung (except for cases when March 7 and April 10 coincide with the period of Great Lent, with Holy or Bright Weeks). In the beginning. XXI century the custom of enclosing housing has been restored. a religious procession around the village, as a rule, this happens on May 21.

In the warm season, J. and. is located in the local rank of the iconostasis of the Assumption Cathedral of the Zhirovitsky Monastery, to the left of the royal doors. On the day of remembrance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (November 4), after the cathedral akathist before J. and. the image is transferred to the lower St. Nicholas Church, under the left choir, where it remains in the winter; in its place in the Assumption Church a copy is placed in an icon case, which was made from a coil according to the size of the original in 1994 by the priest. Andrey Lyanov. In the sacristy of the monastery there is a picturesque copy of J. and. XIX century in the setting of the 17th century. (presumably the time of the coronation of the icon). More than 30 years since mid. 50s XX century star-shaped ark with J. and. was located in the St. Nicholas Church on the branches of a tree (mounted by seminarians under the direction of Hierarch John (Snychev) (later Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga)); Now it is placed in a wooden carved icon case.

Miraculous J. and. (5.7×4.1×0.8 cm) is similar to a cameo or breastplate icon. The image of the Mother of God with the Child is given in low relief on an oval jasper plate with a slight narrowing towards the top; the reverse of the icon is smooth. Jasper has shades of green and dark red, or hematite (purple), colors, the optical mixing of which creates the impression of an ocher color. Already in 1621 it was noted that the image on J. and. strongly erased, smoothed out. Currently At the time it is difficult to distinguish: only the general outline and certain details are readable. The icon was undergoing restoration: having split into pieces, it was glued together with wax; its traces, visible along the line of the joint of the chips, were mistaken for the 3rd shade of jasper color (Kulczynski. 1732). Traces of thermal destruction of quartz grains are visible on the surface of the stone. The inscription: “The most honorable Cherub and the most glorious without comparison Seraphim, who gave birth to God the Word without corruption,” noticed in the 17th century. and included in the iconography of Zh. and., was not preserved on this image. Perhaps it was placed on the rim of the lost metal frame of the painting. Despite the unusual oval shape, J. and. Typologically comparable to the works of Belarusian. small sculptures of the 13th-15th centuries: stone and bone-carved icons created under the influence of the Byzantines. traditions in Polotsk, Turov, Novogrudok, Minsk, Grodno (Gorodnya). Among them is the later stone Lesninskaya miraculous icon of the Mother of God.

J. and. belongs to the iconographic type “Tenderness”, to the version closest to the iconography of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God; in comparison with them the letter of J. and. distinguished by great expression in conveying the movement of figures. The Mother of God, represented almost generationally with the Infant Christ on her right hand, holds her left hand to her chest, Her uncovered head is bowed strongly to the right and touches the head of the Son. The baby in a short chiton, which leaves his bent knees open, clings to the Mother, his right hand is directed towards Her, his head is thrown back. The halos are elliptical in shape; one can discern the cross pattern of the Baby’s halo, the dynamic folds on the maphoria of the Mother of God; distinguishable traditions. Greek letters in the designation of Their names.

The first graphic reproduction of J. and., placed in the re-edition of the book by Hierom. Theodosius (Borovik) (1628), most closely corresponded to the iconography of the original. The inscription: “The most honorable Cherub...” is missing from the engraving. The Renaissance ornament of the background of the engraving may have reproduced the design of the 1st silver frame of J. and. Descriptions of the 18th and 19th centuries. give an idea of ​​the 2nd icon case in the Baroque style, lost after 1915. The gold oval, crystal-covered icon case, sprinkled along the perimeter in one row with small diamonds, was mounted in a silver gilded plate (rounded?) weighing 2 pounds 1 lot. Above the image there were 2 small crowns, also sprinkled with diamonds. Above is a large crown with gold filigree, above it is a copper globe covered with enamel, with 17 large pearls. Around J. and. 16 silver votive tablets, 7 medals with inscriptions, a medal in memory of the coronation of the icon, several. silver legs and hearts, silver plates with the image of the Surdeg Icon of the Mother of God and J. and. This frame was placed on a large wooden board, overlaid with silver and decorated with gilding: in the chased relief at the top there is a scene of the coronation of the Most Holy. Trinity of the Mother of God, who stands on the crescent moon. On the sides of the miraculous image are 2 saints; Below are the righteous Joachim and Joseph the Betrothed. Composition of an unsurvived baroque frame frame for paintings. similar to the solution of the copper engraving made in 1682 in Vilna by L. Tarasevich according to Fig. P. Batsevich. The last one at the top depicts the “New Testament Trinity” on the clouds, in the middle in an oval with a Cyrillic inscription: “The most honorable Cherub...” - Zh. and., reproduced to the extent of the miraculous image. The icon is supported by 2 angels with palm branches in their hands, below are the apostles Peter (with the keys and a model of the temple, reminiscent of the Church of Yavlenskaya in Zhirovichi, which probably indicates the church in Lydda, where the Mother of God first showed Her image not made by hands to people) and Paul (with a sword in his left hand). At the bottom of the engraving there is a board with the inscription in Polish: “Life-size image of the miraculous image of Our Virgin Mary of Zhirowitskaya.”

In 1713-1714 G. P. Tepchegorsky made an engraving of Zh. and., this image became the first among reproductions of Zh. and. as part of the engravings and pictorial icons of the collection of miraculous images of the Mother of God, created in Russia at the end. XVIII-XIX centuries

Among the engraved reproductions of J. and. XVIII - beginning XIX century Belarusians are known. popular print (Pushkin Museum) with a depiction of the worship of J. and revealed on a pear tree. shepherds and nobleman A. Soltan; metal engraving published in Italy with the text of a prayer to Madonna del Pascolo (Jagiellonian Church of the University of Krakow).

In the 17th century picturesque lists of J. and. appeared. Among them is an icon by Nikita Ivanov Pavlovets (1669, SPGIAHMZ) and the Gorodishche Icon, revered as miraculous in the Carpathians, on it in the lower left corner under the oval with traditions. The prayer text framing the image includes a bust-length image of the donor (Castle-Museum in Lancut, Poland). Presumably the prototype for the creation of these icons was the mentioned fresco in Rome. c. in the name of the martyrs Sergius and Bacchus (perhaps the inscription in Church Slavonic, missing from the painting: “The most honorable Cherub...” - and the images of angels were lost during restoration in 1719). This image is decorated with a chased gilded silver frame (1730), silver crowns (on the background are gilded metal Greek letters of the names of the Savior and the Mother of God and chased stars) and is framed with a baroque stucco frame (1730). One of his early pictorial copies (1719) is presumably in the present. time in the main altar of St. Andrew's Church in Slonim and is considered miraculous. The icon is painted on an oval-shaped canvas, along the edge of which there is a Cyrillic inscription: “The most honorable Cherub...”, surrounded by numerous tablets, crowns and other precious offerings. About the misunderstanding of the reproduced Church Slav. The text of the prayer is evidenced by many. errors, inaccuracies in writing letters. From this icon to an unknown Belarusian. artist 1st half. XVIII century a list was made, honored in the Assumption Church. With. Byten. On it, the expanded text of the beginning of the prayer “It is worthy to eat” is reproduced without errors; images of crowns are added above the heads of the Mother of God and the Child. In pictorial reproduction of paintings and. the colors of the clothes did not have strict regulations. On the icons from Slonim and Byten, in accordance with the Catholic tradition, the Mother of God is represented in a robe of 3 colors - a red dress, a blue dress and a white (light pink) povoe, the Child - in a short golden-ocher chiton.

2 Western Polesie icons, ser. 18th century - one was created by icon painter Tomasz Makowski for the Prechistenskaya Church. in the village Divin (MDBK), another dated 1751 (NHM) - made using the technique of carving on gesso. The faces, hands, and feet of the Baby are painted. The clothes of the Mother of God and the Child are made in low relief, which is silvered and gilded. Characteristic of the iconography of J. and. The oval outline is missing on both copies of the icon. Originating from the village. Verkhov in Volyn icon (1745, not preserved) from the collection of the Volyn church ancient repository depicts J. and. in the clouds and below them kneeling donors - the weaver Verbsky with his wife and daughter.

Among the picturesque lists of Zh. and., glorified by miracles and given their own names, are the Lyadanskaya and Rakovskaya icons of the Mother of God. The Lyadan miraculous icon, created no later than the 1st third of the 18th century, was a family heirloom of the Lithuanians. swordsman Ignatius Zawisza and his wife Marcibella (nee Oginska), placed by them in the Basilian Annunciation Monastery founded (1732) at their expense in Lyady near Minsk. Dr. list of J. and. is located in the Orthodox Church. Preobrazhenskaya C. (1793) seats. Rakov near Minsk; The icon is mentioned as miraculous already in archival descriptions of the church. XVIII - beginning XIX century It is executed on canvas in a painterly manner; in iconography it is close to the lists of J. and., dating back to the fresco from Rome; The text located on an oval is written in Latin, its letters are carved from a silver plate.

A significant number of picturesque lists of Zh. and. XVIII-XIX centuries located in the churches of Belarus and Podlasie - in the Grodno convent in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the churches of the villages of Chernyany, Zabolot, Mileichitsa (made in 1851 by the icon painter from Kobrin Theodor Vasilevich).

In 1871, in Moscow, A. Morozov printed a lithograph on which the image of J. and. framed in an oval with a wreath of flowers. It became the basis for many. pictorial lists and color printed reproductions of J. and. in the present time (for example, an icon in the manner of Russian academic icon painting of the 19th century in Sofrino, commissioned by Archimandrite Stefan (Korzun; now Archbishop of Pinsk and Luninets)). They bear the maforia of Our Lady of Traditions. for Eastern Christian icon painting colors (purple-red, brown), can be written in gold or have a white color. Modern Belarusian icon painters bring into their interpretations the excerpts of J. and. The iconographic features of the images “Our Lady of Feodorovskaya” and “Our Lady of Vladimir” depict the Child in a long golden-red tunic, covered with assist rays. These are the icon letters of the archimandrite. Zinon (Theodore) in the Zhirovitsky monastery, lists of J. and. in the churches of Minsk, Bialystok, and other cities and villages of Belarus and Poland.

In the extended version, the image of Zh. and. presented in radiance on a pear tree: an unpreserved panel of 1730, painted for the coronation of J. and.; engraving of 1742 in the handwritten list of the brethren of the Zhirovitsky monastery. The plot of the worship of the shepherds found on a pear tree by J. and. placed on the hallmark of the royal gates. third of the 18th century in Yavlenskaya Ts. Zhirovitsky monastery, in whose museum the Assumption Church, which was previously located in the iconostasis, is kept. an icon depicting those kneeling before the image of the saints - the heavenly patrons of the Uniates - shown on a pear. hierarchs: Met. Joseph Velyamin of Rutsky and Archbishop. Josaphat Kuntsevich. Icons of the 19th and 20th centuries. with the image of the worship of the shepherds shown on the pear Zh. and. found in many churches in Belarus. Less common, found on Belarusian icons of the 19th-20th centuries. plot of the phenomenon of J. and. after the fire with the image of the Mother of God seated on a stone in the radiance of light with the miraculous J. and. in hand: the already mentioned pictorial panel of 1730; painting con. 50s XX century in the Assumption Church in Zhirovichi, made by the Belarusian self-taught artist V. Kovalchuk with the blessing of the Zhirovichi archimandrite. Antonia (Melnikova).

From the beginning 90s XX century in honor of J. and. churches and chapels were consecrated in Vitebsk at the home for the disabled, in the city of Berezovka, Grodno region, in the village. Lapichi, Osipovichi district, Mogilev region. (Belarusian Exarchate).

About the existence of rites in honor of J. and. to the uniat. period no information available. Now the troparion of J. and. is being sung. “Those who demand help from You...” goes back to the 1st quarter. XX century Its initial words are focused on the 1st troparion of the 8th song of the prayer canon, 8th tone “Contain the misfortunes of many...”, the troparion is sung in the 2nd tone. The special troparion (“Before Thy holy icon...”) completely repeats the troparion to the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God and is believed to have been put into use by Archimandrite. Tikhon (Sharapov) at the beginning. 20s XX century, when the veneration of the Pochaev Icon began to dominate among Orthodox Christians. population of Poland. In relation to J. and. this troparion has some inconsistency (mention of the “Hagarian invasions”). The exaltation of J. and. compiled according to the model of the glorification of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. The opening words of the kontakion in the 4th tone, “Who will confess Your greatness...” repeat the sedalen of the 3rd song of the canon from the service to the miraculous icon of the Mother of God “The Burning Bush,” which was composed in the beginning. XIX century archim. Photius (Spassky). Certain parts of the service of Zh. and. are likened to the texts of the service to the icon of the Mother of God “The Burning Bush”. The author of most of the liturgical texts in honor of J. and. and the akathist is read to her by Archpriest. Konstantin Znosko. Metropolitan blessed them for church use. Warsaw and all Poland Dionysius (Valedinsky) in the end. 20s XX century Service in honor of the appearance of J. and., the text of which was included in the liturgical Menaions of the Moscow Patriarchate, edited in mid. 80s XX century, under Metropolitan Filarete (Vakhromeev).

J. and. devoted to poetic works, theological, philological, local history and art studies.

Source: Main church and sacristy inventory of the Zhirovitsky Assumption second-class monastery // RGIA. F. 834. Op. 3. D. 2745.

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