The Icon of the Mother of God "Imperial" ("Tsesarkaya") Borovsk
Commemorated on May 29
The Icon of the
Mother of God "Imperial" ("Tsesarkaya") Borovsk is
known of from the XII Century. At first the wonderworking image appeared in the
locality of Usvyat, Vitebsk district. The icon was found nearby a cemetery
church, located in the vicinity of Bor, from whence it received the name
Borovsk. The Imperial-Tsesarsk is called such because it was a copy from the
ancient wonderworking Imperial Icon, glorified in the year 792 (Comm. 9 April).
From the cemetery
church the icon was transferred to the Saviour-Transfiguration church at
Usvyat. About the miraculous signs and healings from the image of the Mother of
God, numerous accounts are preserved. In 1859 at Usvyat and its surroundings
there raged a cholera epidemic, taking away many lives. With deep faith the
inhabitants turned for help to the image of the Heavenly Queen, and the
sickness ceased.
In that same year of
1859 the Most Holy Synod established the celebration of the Tsesarsk-Borovsk
Icon of the Mother of God under 29 May.
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.