The "Tselitel'nitsa" ("Healer") Icon of the Mother of God

Commemorated on September 18

      The "Tselitel'nitsa" ("Healer") Icon of the Mother of God, situated in Moscow, appeared as a copy of an image from the Tsilkan church in Kartalin, written during the time of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina (IV Century). The icon depicts the Mother of God, standing at the bed of a sick clergyman.

 

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