Icon of the Mother of God
"Joy of All Who Sorrow"
Icon of Princess Natalya Alekseevna
The history of this miraculous image begins in Moscow. In 1688, during the reign of Tsars John and Peter Alekseevich, the sister of Patriarch Joachim Euphemia, who had suffered from an incurable disease for a long time, heard a voice one morning while praying, calling her to go to pray before the image of the Most Holy Theotokos "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Ordynka and order a prayer service with blessing of water. Euphemia fulfilled what was said and received healing. Since then, many suffering from diseases, people in sorrow, prayerfully addressing the Mother of God, through Her miraculous image began to receive healing and deliverance from troubles.
List of Princess Natalia Alekseevna In 1711, when the royal residence was moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Princess Natalya Alekseevna, who reverently venerated the miraculous icon, made a copy of it and transported it, among other relics, to St. Petersburg. According to other sources, a copy remained in Moscow, and the princess took the true image with her. In any case, both icons - Moscow and St. Petersburg - were equally revered as miraculous. The list of the princess was placed in the house church of the Resurrection of Christ at the palace of Natalya Alekseevna behind the Liteiny Dvor on Shpalernaya Street. Both the Moscow and St. Petersburg churches kept early handwritten lists of services and legends about the icon.
Petersburg list
In St. Petersburg, the icon became one of the main shrines; numerous copies were made from it. On the St. Petersburg icon, the Mother of God was depicted in full growth without the Divine Child. Her left hand is stretched out to the sick depicted beside, and her right hand points them to the Savior. The head of the Mother of God is covered with a white veil, the outer garment is dark blue, and the lower one is dark red; behind the Queen of Heaven, green branches of the trees of paradise are depicted. The Mother of God is surrounded by people longing for healing and intercession, and Angels sent to comfort them, pointing to the Ever-Virgin - the source of inexhaustible and all-conquering joy. On the scrolls there are texts with the prayer names of the grace-filled help from the Mother of God: “naked robe”, “healing to the sick”. At the top of the icon is the Savior in the clouds, blessing with his right hand, and holding the Holy Gospel in his left. One of these lists from the chapel near the Glass Factory became famous in 1888.
Tikhvin chapel
Tikhvin icon Mother of God
The chapel in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God was built on the territory of the Imperial Glass Factory in the 18th century. Its construction, according to legend, was associated with a miraculous phenomenon. In the place where the Tikhvin chapel was erected, there was previously a transfer from the Glass Factory from the left bank of the Neva to the right. Once the boatmen-carriers saw that an icon was floating right on them. Having reached the raft where the boats dock, she stopped. Taking the icon out of the water, the boatmen saw that the Most Holy Theotokos of Tikhvin was depicted on it. Seeing in this the special mercy of God, the local residents near this place, where the icon appeared and was found, built a chapel in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos of Tikhvin. Until 1882, it belonged to the parish Church of Sorrow, which was located above the gates of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra; from 1882 to 1898 - to the Borisoglebsk Kalashnikovskaya Church, and in 1898, after the consecration of a new church built near the chapel, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the clergy of the newly formed parish of the Sorrowful Church at the Glass Factory.
Pillar chapel
Sorrowing chapel in its original form.
Rice. From book
prot. S. S. Narkevich, 1905
The first chapel was made of wood, "one square fathom at the base and two fathoms in height." Outwardly, it resembled the chapels found in villages on highways. An image of St. Elijah the Prophet, therefore, the chapel was previously called Ilya, and on the day of St. Prophet Elijah, a procession of the cross to the chapel was performed annually and a prayer service to St. the prophet. The church books also contain the name "chapel by the pillar", or "Nikolskaya chapel", because at the chapel there was a pillar with the image of St. Nicholas on it.
St. prophet Elijah. St. Nikolay.
Mosaic above the south entrance. Mosaic above the north entrance.
Artist V. A. Frolov Artist V. A. Frolov
After the flood
Tikhvin chapel rebuilt
During the great flood of 1824, the chapel was washed away and moved by the current to the opposite bank of the Neva to the village of Klochki. The inhabitants of Klochkov left the chapel at their place, and the icon of the Mother of God was returned to the village of the Glass Factory. A new chapel for her was built by one of the Tulyakov brothers (Dmitry), who subsequently supported her and provided her with other images. When this chapel was completely dilapidated, the inhabitants of the village of the Glass Factory, using their donations, built a new Tikhvin chapel (1870) and transferred into it all the icons that were in the former chapel, including the image of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”.
Shrine of the merchants Kurakin
This small icon of the Mother of God was donated to the chapel by the Ladoga merchant Semyon Ivanovich Matveyev in gratitude for the miraculous salvation from drowning, as stated in his spiritual testament. Once, in a bad weather, a merchant turned over in a boat with the rowers in the middle of the Neva. All the rowers were killed, and he, clinging to the board, fought with the waves. When his strength completely betrayed him, he prayed to the Mother of God for intercession. A side wind blew and the board with the drowning man was nailed to the place where the Tikhvin chapel stood. Matveyev thanked the Heavenly Lady for her salvation and donated the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" to the chapel. This image, as a particularly revered family shrine, was received by him from his mother, who came from the Kurakin family of merchants. It is said that one of the Kurakin merchants accepted this icon when it was nailed to the bank of the Neva by a wave.
Miracle with pennies
On August 5 (July 23, O.S. style), 1888, a terrible thunderstorm broke out over St. Petersburg. Lightning struck the roof of the Tikhvin chapel, next to the dome. During the fire that began after this, the chapel burned down, but the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" that was in it miraculously survived and was wonderfully renewed by heavenly fire: the face of the Mother of God, darkened with time and soot, brightened. The cord on which the icon was hanging in the corner of the chapel was burnt, and the icon itself fell on the coins that were scattered from the donation box, and 12 small copper coins (pennies) stuck to the icon (later 1 coin was dropped). The coins were kept on the surface of the icon for no apparent reason - evidence of a Divine sign, a miracle of God.
Petersburg miraculous
The very next day, many pilgrims began to flock to the chapel, news of miraculous healings from the icon began to spread (one of the first miracles was the healing of a relaxed peasant who had not left his bed for several years). With the blessing of Metropolitan Isidor (Nikolsky), the service of prayers began in front of the icon. There were so many people that prayers were performed from morning to evening. The news of the glorification of the holy icon spread throughout the cities and villages of Russia. From all parts of it, requests for prayer flowed in front of the newly appeared image, including from the heterodox. Hundreds of pilgrims began to arrive in St. Petersburg to pray before the miraculous image of the Mother of God, which received the name "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with pennies.
The small chapel could not accommodate everyone, people prayed in the open air, kneeling right on the ground, patiently waiting for hours for a queue to go inside, defend a prayer service, venerate the image. In order to slightly increase the area of the chapel, a teak canopy was built.
Sorrowful chapel after glorification in 1888 The construction of a new chapel by the merchant Orlov
With the onset of autumn, the influx of pilgrims did not decrease. The canopy became poor protection from rain and wind, so the merchant Orlov, who rented a plot of land adjacent to the chapel, built a new, more spacious chapel. It was erected in the form of a tent over a small old chapel. In front of the old chapel, in the new one, an iconostasis was erected, similar to the church iconostases, only the royal gates in it replaced the iron latticed double doors through which it was possible to enter the old chapel. The glorified icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was placed in the iconostasis in place of the temple icon. Dozens of lamps flickered day and night before the holy icon, and the huge candlestick was often insufficient to hold all the candles lit by the pilgrims.
Photo of the Skorbyashenskaya chapel 1900s First miracles. The healing of Nikolai Grachev
History has preserved many amazing testimonies of the miraculous help flowing from the icon. The first healing that received all-Russian fame took place on December 6, 1890, when the 14-year-old orphan Nikolai Grachev was cured of the icon, from childhood he suffered from severe seizures that caused him unbearable suffering. The boy's arms and legs were almost taken away. Once, after a particularly strong seizure, the Mother of God appeared to the boy, who had fallen into oblivion, with St. Nicholas and ordered him to go to the "chapel where the coins fell," where he would be healed. The boy persuaded his sister to take him to the chapel, where he had a seizure again. There were many people in the chapel. When the prayer service began, everyone prayed for the healing of the suffering person and, while singing the kontakion, they attached him to the holy icon. After that, in front of the eyes of the numb people, the boy got up and independently approached the cross and kissed the icon. A real miracle happened before everyone's eyes! The boy later studied at the drawing school of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of Arts. In the house where the miraculous apparition of the Most Holy Theotokos to Nikolai Grachev took place, later a church was built and with it a shelter for mentally retarded children. Nikolai's sister, Ekaterina Gracheva, worked as a caretaker and teacher in this orphanage.
Yard of the orphanage of the Brotherhood in the name of the Queen of Heaven Healing Vera Belonogina
On February 7, 1891, the 26-year-old wife of a clerk from the Thornton factory, Vera Belonogina, was healed, suffering from an incurable throat disease, as a result of which she lost her voice. The disease was fatal. And suddenly she saw in a dream the Most Holy Theotokos, who commanded her to pray earnestly and serve a moleben before the holy icon in St. Petersburg. After the prayer service, the woman received instant and complete healing from her illness.
"The steam engine goes to the Sorrowful One ..."
Many more sick and suffering, who had recourse with prayer to the Most Pure Lady, received healing before Her holy image. The icon began to be called "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with pennies. The chapel in the settlement of the Glass Factory became a place of pilgrimage not only for the inhabitants of St. Petersburg, but also for numerous pilgrims from all over Russia. Its popularity is evidenced by the fact that not only an indication of the location of the chapel, but also the name of the Sorrowful Mother of God appeared on the plans of the city. It is this place that is mentioned in the lines of A. A. Akhmatova "The steam engine goes to the Sorrowful One ..." - this is how the pilgrims usually got here.
New stone chapel
Stone Sorrowful chapel
In 1906-1909 for the Miraculous Image designed by the architect A.I. von Gauguin, a large stone chapel was built in the "Russian style", which included a burnt historical chapel as a case. Architect A.I. von Gauguin took over the chapel of the famous Moscow Church of the Nativity in Putinki in the mid-17th century. It was the largest chapel in Russia: it could hold up to 800 people.
Construction of a temple in the name of the icon "Joy with pennies for All Who Sorrow"
In 1893, Emperor Alexander III with his wife and children prayed in the chapel and donated money and land for the construction of a stone church. The construction of the Sorrowful Church (designed by A. I. von Gauguin and A. V. Ivanov) next to the chapel began in 1894 and was completed in 1898. The main chapel in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was consecrated on August 2, 1898 by the bishop Yamburgsky Benjamin.
Temple in the name of the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow". Left - a wooden chapel
The Sorrowful Church operated until 1932, then it was closed and dismantled in 1933. The chapel in 1932-1938 acted as a parish renovation church, and after it was closed in November 1938, its building was transferred to the Volodarsk regional headquarters of the Ministry of Defense. This circumstance saved the chapel from demolition. In Soviet times, the chapel housed the production workshop of rubber-technical products "Gummilat". During the "confiscation of church valuables" the precious vestment was removed from the miraculous icon.
Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity ("Kulich and Easter")
The parishioners hid the miraculous icon in their homes, and in the spring of 1946 they donated it to the Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity (Easter cake and Easter), which was returned to the believers after the war. In this temple on Obukhovskaya Oborony Avenue in St. Petersburg, she is still located.
Modern history
Chapel in Soviet times In the first half of the 1990s, the territory of the former church with the preserved (without hipped roofs) chapel was transferred to the St. Petersburg diocese.
Since 1991, the chapel has been functioning as a temple in honor of the Joy of All Who Sorrow icon and is the courtyard of the Holy Trinity Zelenetsky Monastery. Through the efforts of the abbot and the brethren of the monastery, the temple was restored.
The modern view of the chapel-temple The internal and external splendor of the temple was restored: tents were restored, crosses with lenses were installed, as in the pre-revolutionary years, and the interior was restored. With the blessing of the rector of the church, Hegumen Pakhomiy, an exact copy of the miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with pennies was made. The icon case has been recreated, which exactly repeats the original. The kiot was consecrated on January 30, 1995 by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Vladimir.
Icon in the icon case In 1998, in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the miraculous glorification of the icon, by decree of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, the icon was named "St. Petersburg Icon of the Mother of God" Joy of All Who Sorrow "with pennies."
Prayers before the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"
Stanza, voice 2nd
All those who grieve Joy and offended by the Intercessor, and hungry for the Nursery, strange Consolation, overwhelmed by the Shelter, the sick Visiting, the weak Cover and the Intercessor, the Rod of old age, Mother of the Most High, Thou art the Most Pure, sweat, pray, be saved by Thy servant.
Kontakion, voice 6th
Not imams of other help, not imams of other hopes, except for You, Lady. You help us, we hope in You and we boast of You, Your Gods are servants, so we will not be ashamed.
Exaltation
We magnify Thee, Most Holy Virgin, God's Chosen Young Woman, and we honor Your holy image. Sharpen healings to all those who flow with faith.
First prayer
Oh, Most Holy Lady of the Theotokos, Blessed Mother of Christ our Savior, all those who grieve, Joy, visit the sick, the infirm veil and intercessor, the patroness of widows and orphans, the sad mothers, the all-reliable consoler, the infants of the feeble fortress, and all the helpless always ready help and faithful help! You, O All-Merciful, have been given grace from the Almighty in the hedgehog to intercede and save everyone from sorrow and sickness, but Thou didst endure fierce sorrow and sickness, looking at the free suffering of Thy beloved Son, and He is crucified on the cross by sight, the foretold weapon of Thy Simeon come through. Even so, O Mother loving children, listen to the voice of our prayer, comfort us in the sorrow of those who are, like a faithful intercessor of joy: stand by the throne of the Most Holy Trinity, at the right hand of Thy Son, Christ our God; For this reason, with heartfelt faith and love from the soul, we fall to You as the Queen and Lady and we dare to cry out to You in psalm: hearing, O children, and see, and incline Your ear, hear our prayer, and deliver us from current troubles and sorrows; Fulfill the petitions of all the faithful, like those who grieve, joy, and give peace and consolation to their souls. Behold our misfortune and sorrow: show us Thy mercy, send consolation to our wounded sorrow, show and surprise on us sinners the riches of Thy mercy, give us tears of repentance for cleansing our sins and quenching the wrath of God, but with a pure heart, a good conscience and We resort to your intercession and intercession with an unreasonable hope: accept, in all mercy to our Lady Theotokos, our fervent prayer offered to You, and do not reject us unworthy from Your mercy, but give us deliverance from sorrow and illness, protect us from all slander of hostility and human, wake us a persistent helper throughout all the days of our life, as under Your motherly cover we will always remain purposeful and preserved by Your intercession and prayers to Your Son and our Savior God, All glory, honor and worship are due to Him, with His originless Father and By the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
Oh, Most Holy and Most Blessed Virgin, Lady Theotokos! Look with Your merciful eye on us, who stand before Your holy icon and pray to You with tenderness: raise us up from the depths of sinfulness, enlighten our mind, darkened by passions, and heal the ulcers of our souls and bodies. Not imams of any other help, not imams of other hopes, except for You, Lady. You weigh all our infirmities and sins, we resort to You and cry: do not leave us with Your heavenly help, but appear to us always and with Your ineffable mercy and mercy save and have mercy on us who are perishing. Grant us the correction of our sinful life and deliver us from sorrows, troubles and diseases, from sudden death, hell and eternal torment. Thou art, Queen and Lady, an ambulance Assistant and Intercessor, thou art to all who come to Thee, and a strong Refuge for sinners who repent. Grant to us, Abiding and All-Immaculate Virgin, the Christian end of our life is peaceful and unashamed, and grant us with Your intercession to dwell in the heavenly abodes, where the unceasing voice of those celebrating with joy glorifies the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit ever since. Amen.
Queen of heaven and earth
Consolation of the mourners,
Heed the prayer of sinners:
In You is hope and salvation.
We are mired in the evil of passions,
We wander in the darkness of vice
But ... our Motherland ... Oh, to her
Bow down the all-seeing eye.
Holy Russia is your bright home
Almost dies
To You, Intercessor, we call:
Nobody else knows about us.
Oh, don't leave Your children
Hope of the mourners,
Do not turn your eyes away
From our sorrow and suffering.
One of the poems rewritten
royal martyrs in Tobolsk
There is no doubt that the very name of this image, "Joy of All Who Sorrow," was the reason for its widespread prevalence on the Russian land. In addition to the first Moscow image, there were at least two and a half dozen miraculous and locally revered copies of this icon: in the very first capital and in its vicinity, on the banks of the Neva and in Abkhazia, in Siberian Tobolsk and Kiev, in Vologda and in Nizhny Novgorod, in other cities, villages and abodes. The meaning hidden in the name of the icon is especially close and understandable to the soul of the Russian person - the hope in the Most Pure One, who invariably hurries to comfort, alleviate human sorrow and sufferings, to give “the naked clothing, the sick, healing” ...
The Mother of God is written on this icon in full growth, usually with a scepter in her right hand and with the Infant on a shuytsa, but sometimes without Him, with outstretched hands, as in the famous Joy of All Who Sorrow (with pennies), surrounded by poverty-stricken Christians falling to Her and Angels sent to appease their sorrows, pointing to the Ever-Virgin - the source of inexhaustible and all-conquering joy. The attire of the Most Pure One differs on the lists: She appears now in glory, with a crown on her head and in the vestments of a queen, now in a cloak and a white cloth, which is usual for Her earthly days.
As an old church chronicle tells, in the summer of 7196 from the creation of the world (1648 from the birth of Christ) the widow Euthymiya Akinfieva, the sister of Patriarch Joachim, desperate to receive healing from doctors, called to the Most Pure and suddenly heard a glory: “ why, in your grief, do you not resort to the common Healer of all? " - "Where to find such a Healer?" The patient asked meekly. And then the voice commanded to turn to the priest "of the temple of the divine Transfiguration of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ and the Monk Father Varlaam of Khutynsky, the Novgorod miracle worker" that on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow, so that he would take there "on the left side of the meal, where usually women become ”, the image of the Most Pure One and served before him a prayer service with the consecration of water. Immediately doing all this, Euphemia received healing. This is how the first miracle happened from the “icon of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, which is also called Joy of all who sorrow”, And the temple itself received and still retains the name of the Sorrowful Church (although its main throne was consecrated in the name of the Transfiguration). The temple on Bolshaya Ordynka is also famous for the fact that SV Rachmaninov's Vespers (on the closest to the day of his death, March 28, Saturday) and PI Tchaikovsky's Liturgy (the day of his death fell on 25 October according to the old style - the next miraculous day after the celebration). Every Saturday a prayer service is held here at the miracle worker, who in recent years has shown a new blessed gift of healing those suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction. Each age has its own sorrows - only the joy of healing given by the Intercessor does not pass away.
In addition to the church on Bolshaya Ordynka, four more parish churches in the name of the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" function in the first altar (at the 3rd Meshchanskaya at the Old Catherine Hospital, at the Kalitnikovskoye cemetery (with a locally revered list), at Zatsep (better known by the side altar as the temple of Frol and Lavra) and at a psychiatric hospital at Kanatchikovaya dacha); the altar of the hospital church of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky monastery has the same dedication. Previously in Moscow there was also the Sorrowful Convent on Novoslobodskaya Street and almost a dozen Sorrowful Churches, including at several hospitals, shelters and the Matrosskaya Tishina prison.
Unlike Muscovites, Orthodox cities on the Neva were sure that the first-appearing image of the miraculous was transported to the new capital in 1711 by the sister of Peter I, Princess Natalia Alekseevna, and eventually ended up in the Sorrowful Church on Shpalernaya Street. It was a miracle from this image that the cessation of the smallpox epidemic that raged during the time of Catherine II was attributed.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, church historians found it difficult to answer which of the icons - on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow or Shpalernaya in St. Petersburg - was the first image. But judging by the fact that the St. Petersburg icon is painted on a cypress board on a primed canvas, it is younger than the Moscow one.
However, over time, St. Petersburg also found its icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in its special version - the so-called "Theotokos with pennies". In ancient times, the merchants Kurakin, who lived in the suburban village of Klochki (now this is the area of the Glass Factory, which has long been included in St. Petersburg), found the image of the Mother of God nailed to the shore by the waves of the Neva; generations later, their heirs donated the family shrine to the chapel at the Glass Factory.
On July 23, 1888, a terrible thunderstorm broke out over the Neva banks. A lightning strike burned out the inner walls of the chapel along with all the icons and scattered coins from the begging mug. Only one icon survived, and later notes were sleeping from the face of the Most Pure, and twelve copper coins from the mug were driven into the icon board with superhuman strength. Since then, the new miracle-working one has received the popular name "Mother of God (with pennies)". The next day, streams of pilgrims flowed to the chapel, miraculous healings began and did not stop. In 1898, a new temple was consecrated here, and the miraculous one remained in the chapel and was transferred to the temple only for the duration of the divine services. It is this place that is mentioned in the lines of A. A. Akhmatova "The steamer goes to the Mourning woman ..." - this is how the pilgrims usually got here. In Soviet times, the temple was destroyed, the chapel by the Providence of God has survived to this day, the miraculous image itself (with pennies) is located nearby, in the Trinity Church "Kulich and Easter".
In the St. Petersburg version, the Most Pure is written with outstretched hands, with a face bent to the left, Her lower garments are crimson, the upper ones are dark blue, the head is clothed in a white veil, without a royal crown. Above in the clouds - the blessing Savior, around - angels, suffering, green branches and the indispensable twelve coins.
The celebration of the Joy of All Who Sorrow icon takes place on October 24 according to the old style (some of the lists from it have their own special days of celebration). And in the current borders of Russia, and in its historical limits, and all over the world, where the foot of the Russian person has never set foot, the words of hymns in honor of this holy icon have sounded, sound and until the end of this world will sound.
Stanza, voice 2,
sung at the prayer service instead of the troparion
All those who grieve Joy and offended by the Intercessor, and hungry for the Nursery, strange Consolation, overwhelmed by the Shelter, the sick Visiting, the weak Cover and the Intercessor, the Rod of old age, Mother of the Most High, Thou art the Most Pure, sweat, pray, be saved by Thy servant.
Prayer
O Most Holy and Most Blessed Virgin, Lady Theotokos! Look with Your merciful eye on us, who stand before Your holy icon and pray to You with tenderness: raise us up from the depths of sinfulness, enlighten our mind, darkened by passions, and heal the ulcers of our souls and bodies. Not imams of any other help, not imams of other hopes, except for You, Lady. You weigh all our infirmities and sins, we resort to You and cry: do not leave us with Your heavenly help, but appear to us always and with Your ineffable mercy and mercy save and have mercy on us who are perishing. Grant us the correction of our sinful life and deliver us from sorrows, troubles and diseases, from sudden death, hell and eternal torment. Thou art, Queen and Lady, an ambulance Assistant and Intercessor, thou art to all who come to Thee, and a strong Refuge for sinners who repent. Grant to us, Abiding and All-Immaculate Virgin, the Christian end of our life is peaceful and unashamed, and grant us with Your intercession to dwell in the heavenly abodes, where the unceasing voice of those celebrating with joy glorifies the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit ever since. Amen.
who does she help and what miracles does it do
Celebration icons "Joy of All Who Sorrow" celebrated 6 November... This image of the Virgin is considered the patron saint of all oppressed, suffering and offended, poor and orphans. She is often approached in search of consolation, in times of grief and sorrow, with incurable diseases and mental confusion.
The icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" has been known since the 17th century. Photo monastyr-uspeniya.org
History of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"
The icon dates back to the 17th century. It is known that the first happened in 1688. I was sick for a long time Efimiya Petrova-Papina, the sister of Patriarch of Moscow Joachim. Doctors could not help her, the woman was completely desperate and prepared for death. But one day, during prayer, she heard the voice of the Mother of God, who told her to order a prayer service at the icon "Joy to All Who Sorrow". The priest, at the request of Efimia, did so, and the woman recovered.
The miraculous icon was transferred to the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Moscow, and from that time in front of it.
The miraculous icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" is also in St. Petersburg. A copy of the image was brought to the northern capital by the princess Natalia Alekseevna, sister of Tsar Peter I. The icon was placed in the palace church of the Resurrection of Christ in 1711. And some time later, a temple was built in the city in honor of the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow".
Icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with "pennies"
Today many believers in St. Petersburg come to worship the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with "pennies", believing that this icon is capable of performing miracles, because it itself appeared as a result of a miracle.
In 1888, lightning struck the chapel and the temple caught fire. All the church utensils were damaged, but the icon "Joy to All Who Sorrow" not only did not suffer, but it was also enlightened on it.
Interestingly, there was a donation mug next to the icon in the chapel. It burst from the high temperature, and the coins stuck to the icon. After that, believers from everywhere began to come to the miraculous image. And the lists from this icon began to be written at once as "pennies".
Icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with "pennies". Photo ntobitel.cerkov.ru
Today, several dozen copies of the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" are known, which are in churches in many cities of Russia. The lists differ from each other. Most often, the Mother of God is depicted on the icon in full growth, surrounded by angels and suffering people: sick, hungry, undressed. On some lists, the Mother of God can hold Jesus in her arms.
How does the icon help and how to pray in front of it correctly?
Before the icon, people turn to her in the most seemingly hopeless cases, asking for physical healing, advice in a difficult situation, peace of mind, help in work and family life.
Before you start praying at the icon "Joy to All Who Sorrow", you should ask the Mother of God. Under no circumstances blame heaven for what happened to you, but only hope for God's help.
And, of course, whatever happens, the main thing is to believe and not give up.
The street known in the capital - Bolshaya Ordynka - is rightfully called the place of golden domes. Among believers, the Joy of All Who Sorrow Church is especially revered. This place of prayer was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1571. At that time, the temple was known under a different name, as the Church of Varlaam Khutynsky. According to the assumptions of historians, it was erected in 1523 during the time of Metropolitan Varlaam, in the name of his heavenly patron and patron. In 1625, the priests consecrated the throne here in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord. It is currently the main throne of the Sorrowful Church.
The temple on Ordynka "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in 1683/85 was built in stone. A few years later, a miracle happened within its walls: one of the parishioners received complete healing from the image of the Mother of God. According to legend, the sister of Patriarch Joachim experienced severe suffering from a painful wound in her side. She cried out in prayers for help. Once, a mysterious voice reached Euphemia, indicating that she should serve a prayer service for water at the icon of the Queen of Heaven in the Transfiguration Church. The woman realized that she had heard the call of the All-Intercessor herself. She followed all directions and was healed. Since then, the icon has been famous as a miraculous one, and to this day the icon is revered by all Orthodox believers in the country.
The temple on Ordynka "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in 1922 during the confiscation of church valuables was ravaged. All jewelry and utensils were expropriated (over 65 kg of silver and gold). In 1933 it was closed, the Bolsheviks removed the bells, but the interior remained practically intact.
During the Great Patriotic War, the temple on Ordynka "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was the storehouse of the Tretyakov Gallery. In 1948 it was reopened for worship.
The Joy of All Who Sorrow Church is of particular interest due to its architectural solutions. Its bell tower has a rare shape. The building is built in the form of a cylindrical rotunda with semicircular arched windows and two-column Ionic porticoes. There are 12 columns inside that support a small drum with a hemispherical dome and a spherical head. A characteristic feature of the interior decoration is the placement of candlesticks. They are at the top, the attendants climb a portable wooden ladder to light a candle.
Image
The icon "Joy to All Who Sorrow" is an amazing phenomenon in the history of icon painting. There are many documentary evidence of the miraculous deeds of this image. The list of such documents is perhaps the longest in the history of Orthodoxy.
Icons and Lists "Joy to All Who Sorrow": Meaning in the Orthodox Faith
"Joy to all who sorrow" is the first line of one of their stichera. Even the name of this image was the reason that it became so widespread in our country. In addition to the first icon, located in a Moscow church, there are about two dozen locally revered and miraculous lists.
The meaning hidden in the name of the icon is very close and understandable to the soul of the Russian person. In the images of "Joy of All Who Sorrow", the meaning is revealed as follows: this is the reckless hope of the believer in the Most Pure Theotokos, everywhere hastening to relieve sorrow, comfort, save people from sorrow and suffering, give the sick and the naked a robe ...
Iconography
The icon depicts the Virgin Mary in full growth, with or without a baby in her hand. The all-intercessor is surrounded by the radiance of the mandrola. This is a halo of a special oval shape, elongated in a vertical direction. The Mother of God is surrounded by angels, the New Testament Trinity and the Lord of hosts are depicted in the clouds.
This principle of iconography developed in Russia in the seventeenth century under the influence of Western European traditions. The iconography of the image could not get a single completed composition and is presented in churches in many versions. The most famous are two types of icon painting - with a baby in his arms, as in the temple on Ordynka, and without him.
A feature of the icon is that, together with the Mother of God, people are depicted on it, tormented by sorrows and ailments, and angels who perform good deeds on behalf of the All-Savior.
Icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with pennies
The image became famous in St. Petersburg in 1888, when lightning struck the chapel where it was located. The icon remained intact, only copper pennies (pennies) stuck to it. Subsequently, a temple was built on this site. The famous icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" with pennies is in it to this day.
How to pray to the Queen of Heaven
To the miraculous icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow", prayer should be ascended with a pure heart and thoughts. All needy people, sick people, mothers expecting children from the war, whole families where trouble has happened, can ask a patron for help.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
“The most gracious Queen, my Hope, the Mother of God, Intercessor to the strange and strange Patroness! To the Grieving Joy, the offended Representative! Behold my misfortune, behold my sorrow: help me a weak servant of God (name). Resolve my offense at your will. I hope for your help. Only you, Mother of God, I ask for help! Amen".
The clergy advise, as often as possible, to refer to the image of "Joy of All Who Sorrow", the prayer can be uttered in your own words, the main thing is the sincerity and true faith of the parishioner.
Lists from the icon of the Queen of Heaven
When, in 1711, Tsar Peter the First, together with his entourage, moved to St. Petersburg, his sister put a copy of the icon of the All-Intercessor in the new palace church. Later, in the name of the Mother of God, a whole temple was rebuilt in the northern capital, which happened during the reign of Elizabeth the First.
How and when to visit the temple
The church is located in Moscow, street B. Ordynka, building 20. You can get to the place by metro, to the stations "Tretyakovskaya", "Novokuznetskaya". The temple on Ordynka "Joy of All Who Sorrow" is available for visiting every day, from 7.30 to 20.00 in the evening.
Instead of completion
One of the oldest and most famous churches in the capital is always ready to receive parishioners. Access to the miraculous icon is always open, but you may have to stand in a short queue.
At all times, people prayed before the image of the Intercessor and asked to relieve suffering in the most difficult moments of their lives. The icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" is especially revered by Orthodox believers due to its miraculous powers.
The inexplicable appearance of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was one of the first miracles associated with the revered image. Later he became famous for his ability to heal people from the most serious diseases. A prayer uttered before the sacred face of the Intercessor is especially powerful. If a difficult moment has come in your life that is difficult for you to go through on your own, then be sure to seek help from the Mother of God and do not doubt that she will definitely hear you.
The history of the image of the Mother of God
The appearance of the icon of the Virgin Mary "Joy of All Who Sorrow" became known in 1685. At that moment she was in the Moscow Transfiguration Church. However, the image of the Mother of God was not immediately glorified for its miraculous properties. As one of the old chronicles says, in the summer of 1688, a local resident Euthymiya Papina, sister of the Moscow Patriarch Joachim, turned to the clergyman of the Transfiguration Church. She told him of a serious illness, which even the most skillful healers cannot cure, and also told about the miracle that happened to her. Having lost hope for healing, she turned to the Mother of God and suddenly heard a voice that advised Euphemia to turn to the priest of the Transfiguration Church. She followed all the advice of the voice, visited the temple and asked to take the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" home to pray in front of the miraculous image of the Virgin Mary. Soon, the Patriarch's sister forgot about the terrible illness. The story went public immediately after the miraculous healing of Euphemia.
Description of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"
Despite the fact that there are no reliable facts about the history of the icon and its appearance, it is believed that it was painted by the famous Russian icon painter Ivan Bezmin in 1683. There are several versions of the image of the Mother of God "Joy to all who sorrow", but there is one, the most famous of them, which you can see in many churches.
The Mother of God is depicted in full growth, and she is wearing royal robes. In her arms is the Infant Jesus, who is the Savior of people. The Mother of God is surrounded by angels who, at her command, perform good deeds. Next to the Virgin Mary, you can see believers praying - they all turn to her with various ailments and ask for help. Based on the church hierarchy, the Lord is depicted above all, who helps in getting rid of severe torment and illness.
Where is the icon of the Virgin
The original of the icon is still located in the Transfiguration Church, or, as it is called now, in the Sorrowful Church on Bolshaya Ordynka.
You can also pray before the sacred image in the Serpukhov Vysotsky monastery, which is located in the Moscow region, in the city of Serpukhov.
In St. Petersburg, you can visit the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow", where you can say a prayer in front of the face of the Virgin Mary.
You can also visit temples dedicated to the miraculous image in Suzdal, Ivanovo, Moscow, Ryazan and Nizhny Novgorod.
How does the icon of the Mother of God help?
Even from the very name of the image, one can understand that it helps people who are tormented by life's difficulties, serious illnesses and insurmountable difficulties. At all times there have been "grieving" people who simply need the help of the Higher Powers. In this case, the majority of believers turned to the Mother of God.
The image helps poor people to find the necessary material wealth. You should not ask the Mother of God for unthinkable riches, but you can pray for the preservation of financial stability and the absence of monetary need.
If a terrible grief has happened in your life, you can pray to the Mother of God and ask her to calm your soul and save you from internal torments.
Sometimes it is difficult to recover from serious illnesses, and some of them are completely incurable. If all the efforts of the doctors do not bring the desired result, pray in front of the image of the Mother of God "Joy of all who sorrow" and ask them to relieve you of bodily torment.
Many people have to travel frequently and travel a lot. In this case, the image of the Mother of God will become a strong amulet for you. It is necessary to purchase an icon and always carry it with you.
Prayer in front of the face of the Intercessor will also help you build relationships with your loved ones and maintain harmony in the family.
Prayer before the icon of the Mother of God
Before turning to the Mother of God, be sure to ask for forgiveness for your sins. At the same time, blame only yourself for all your misdeeds, and do not blame other people for them.
“All those who ask and pray to You, Intercessor, we ask You to help us in the difficulties of life. Help us get rid of the terrible torment, from the unbearable torment. Deliver us from the wrath of God to avoid his punishment. Blessed, Immaculate and Great Mother of God, I turn to You in the difficult times of my life. I pray to You and ask for deliverance from the troubles received for my sins. Thy Word is powerful, so ask the Lord God to deliver me from insurmountable problems. Be my Intercessor. Now, and ever, and forever and ever. Amen!".
If your prayer is sincere and comes from the soul, then the Mother of God will soon respond to your requests.
Date of celebration of the icon of the Virgin
The celebration of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" is held annually on November 6 (October 24, old style). On this day, services are held in the temples, and you can also listen to the divine liturgy. The date is connected with the fact that it was on this day in 1688 that the miraculous healing of Euphemia Papina took place, and since then the image has become revered among Orthodox believers. Prayer in front of the image of the Mother of God on this day has a special power, accordingly, and your requests will be heard as soon as possible.
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