Russian painted icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 5.5x4 in
Russian painted icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 5.5x3.9 inches. This icon is commonly known in the West as Our Lady of Perpetual Help, while in the East is known as "Our Lady of the Passion", because by the Mother of God's face stand to angels showing the tools of the Passion. The Infant Jesus looks at them with fear and holds his Mother's neck tight with one arm, while a shoe comes off his foot.
In a Russian city, this icon showed its miraculours force by healing a peasant girl named Edvokia...
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Russian painted icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 5.5x3.9 inches. This icon is commonly known in the West as Our Lady of Perpetual Help, while in the East is known as "Our Lady of the Passion", because by the Mother of God's face stand to angels showing the tools of the Passion. The Infant Jesus looks at them with fear and holds his Mother's neck tight with one arm, while a shoe comes off his foot.
In a Russian city, this icon showed its miraculours force by healing a peasant girl named Edvokia.
In 1641, the painting was moved and in 1654, in the place where it was brought, a female monastery was built.
The icon is celebrated on the 13th of August and on the sixth Sunday after Easter.
This icon is a faithful reproduction of the original, painted by hand on linden wood covered in gold leaf.
The painting is delivered in an elegant wooden box.
