Theotokos of Bogolyubovo

Mother of God

.

History

According to

Our Lady of Vladimir

.) Great Prince Andrew did as he was told, and also commissioned the Bogolubsky Icon of the Theotokos.

Description of icon

St. Petersburg

).

On the icon, the Theotokos is depicted in full stature, holding a scroll in her right hand. Her left hand is

Sabbatius of Solovki

.

Naming and residences

The icon came to be named after Prince Andrew Bogoliubsky ("Lover of God") and was placed in the monastery he built. The church prince Andrew built was

translated

to the cathedral.

The original Bogolubskaya icon is kept in the

Bolshevik Revolution

the icon was brought annually on May 21 (June 3) to the city Vladimir where it remained until July 16 (July 29), when it was returned from there to the monastery.

Feast day

In 1771 a

Gregorian Calendar).^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μπογκολιούμπσκϊυ Ρωσίας. 18 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
^ Icon of the Mother of God "the God Loving". OCA - Lives of the Saints.
^ (in Russian) БОГОЛЮБСКАЯ ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

External links

Bogolubskaya Icon of the Mother of God Orthodox
synaxarion

[1] Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μπογκολιούμπσκϊυ Ρωσίας. 18 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

[2] Icon of the Mother of God "the God Loving". OCA - Lives of the Saints.

[3] (in Russian) БОГОЛЮБСКАЯ ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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