Feast of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Deliverer"

The memory of the icon of the Mother of God "Deliverer" is celebrated on April 30 It depicts the Blessed Virgin Mary She holds in her arms the Divine Infant, in one hand he holds a scroll, and the other is raised in a blessing gesture This image is glorified by many miracles that were performed through prayer before it The first of these miracles occurred back in 1841 Then the Greek province was subjected to an invasion of locusts, which threatened to turn into real famine Prayers before the image of the Mother of God made it possible to avoid this The origin of the icon dates back to the 17th century According to legend, at the turn of the 18th-19th century she was located on Holy Mount Athos There it was hidden by the ascetic Constantine Theodulus, who then handed the shrine to Elder Martinian This schema-monk kept the holy image there for 20 years, and then took it with him on a trip to Greek villages and cities He preached and called on believers to pray in front of the icon During such trips, the miracle of getting rid of the locusts happened, as well as many others Many sick people (even those near death) and those possessed by demons were healed through prayers In 1889, the “Deliverer” icon was transferred to the New Athos Simon-Kananitsky monastery that was opening in the Caucasus That’s how it ended up in Russia, where it remains to this day It was this image that Emperor Alexander III took with him on one of his trips It is believed that it was thanks to him that the emperor and his family were not injured in the train accident that happened then During the first celebration in honor of the icon of the Mother of God, there was a storm and more than a ton of fish washed ashore near the monastery Orthodox Christians can pray before the icon of the Mother of God "Deliverer":• for health (their own and that of their loved ones);• for liberation from addictions (alcohol, drugs, gaming and others);• for healing from any spiritual infirmities and sorrows;• for the resolution of complex situations; • about salvation from threatening danger To pray at the “Deliverer” icon, it is not necessary to visit the Cathedral, located on the territory of the New Athos Simon-Kananitsky Monastery Since 1992, an ancient icon similar to the original has been in the Pochaev Lavra The elderly nun Gabriela took her there And she received the image in 1970 from a priest of the same Lavra with the instruction to “let it go with the flow of the Dnieper” This was an attempt to save the shrine, since the threat of ruin loomed over the Pochaev Lavra But the nun did not dare to do this and kept the icon at home