Jul 10

Konevitsa Mother of God

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Konevitsa Mother of God by Matthew Garrett, 2007

According to tradition, in the 14th century, St. Arsenius brought the original icon of the Konevitsa Mother of God to the site of where the Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Konevitsa was to be built. It was later removed to the New Valaam Monastery in order to keep it from being captured or destroyed by the Soviets in the 1940s. Miracles are said to have been worked through this image, and it is considered one of the greatest Treasures of the Orthodox Church in Finland. — 16″ x 20″

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One Response to “Konevitsa Mother of God”

  1. Lou Ann Schell Says:
    March 16th, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    yes ALL your icons are so fabulous !!! Lou Ann

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