Miracle-Working and Revered Icons (entry)

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MIRACLE-WORKING AND REVERED ICONS. The most famous Miracle-Working icon of Our Lady of Kazan — the copy of the 16th century of the lost Miracle-Working icon of the same name, can now be seen in the Kazan Cathedral. It was brought from Moscow at the beginning of the 18th century by Tsarina Praskovya Fedorovna (widow of Tsar Ivan V Alexeevich, brother of Peter the Great). Until 1922 the icon had a precious frame decorated with jewels. In 1812, M. I. Kutuzov prayed before this image at the eve of his departure to the army. From 1940 to 2001, the icon stayed in the Cathedral of Prince St. Vladimir. Two other revered icons can be seen in the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral. Both originate from Moscow. The icon of Christ the Saviour (beginning of the 17th century) accompanied Peter the Great in his campaigns and had been earlier kept in the chapel of the House of Peter the Great. The icon of Our Lady of Joy for All Who Sorrow (beginning of the 18th century), which had belonged to Tsarina Natalya Alexeevna, was brought to the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in 1932 from Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow in Shpalernaya Street. The image of St. Martyr Panteleimon the Healer (18th century) from the church dedicated to St. Panteleimon is placed in the same cathedral. The Miracle-Working Icon of Our Lady of Joy for All Who Sorrow ("with half-kopecks") was first glorified in 1888 and placed in the chapel on Schlisselburg Avenue, was given in 1938 to the Holy Trinity Church (see " The Easter Cake"). The Miracle-Working icon of St. Nicholas (beginning of the 18th century) was brought to the same church from Kolpino in the 1930s, and was annually glorified by a large cross procession. The St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral houses another Miracle-Working image of St. Nicholas painted in Greece in the middle of the 17th century, with a part of his relics, and the esteemed image of Our Lady With Three Hands of the 18th century (was brought to the Cathedral from the SS Simon and Anna Church). The church of St. Petersburg Theological Schools houses the revered Icon of Our Lady of the Holy Sign, from Tsarskoe Selo, painted in the mid -18th century and originating from the Church of the Holy Sign of Tsarskoe Selo. All the aforementioned icons lost their expensive frames in 1922. After St. Paraskeva-Friday's Church in Porokhovye and the Descent of the Holy Spirit Church on Bolshaya Okhta were destroyed, the two revered icons of the 18th century were moved to the St. Nicholas Сhurch in Bolsheokhtinskoe Cemetery. These were the icon of St. Paraskeva-Friday and the Icon of Our Lady of Smolensk. In 1991, the Icon of Our Lady Fedorovskaya was found in Alexander's Park and came to be highly revered in the Court Cathedral of Our Lady Fedorovskaya in Tsarskoe Selo.

Reference: Справочник по Санкт-Петербургской епархии, Русской православной церкви (Моск. патриархат). Б. м., 2001. С. 21-22.

V. V. Antonov. Ivan V Alexeevich, Tsar
Kutuzov (Golenishchev-Kutuzov) Mikhail Illarionovich, Gracious Prince
Natalia Alexeevna, Duchess
Peter I, Emperor
Praskovya Fedorovna, Tsarina
Справочник по Санкт-Петербургской епархии, Русской православной церкви (Моск. патриархат). Б.м., 2001 Kazan Cathedral
Cathedral of Prince St. Vladimir
Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow
Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow
St. Panteleimon Church
"Easter Сake"
St. Nicholas' Naval Cathedral
SS. Simon and Anna Church
SS. Simon and Anna Church
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church
Court Cathedral of Our Lady Feodorovskaya