The Kozelshchansk Icon of the Mother of God was glorified in the late nineteenth century, though it is older than that. This icon is of Italian origin and was brought to Russia by one of Empress ...

The original Iveron icon of the Mother of God is preserved on Mt. Athos. It is traditionally called the Panagia Portaitissa ("She who resides by the door" or "Keeper of the gate"), and was, according ...

It represents the Mother of God holding the Divine Child ... since they carry the instruments of the passion and death of Christ. The figures of the icon are identified with abbreviations of ...