16.10.2019

Icon of the grieving Blessed Virgin Mary. Icon of the Mother of God “sorrowful” (Crimean)

Queen of heaven and earth, consolation for those who mourn, heed the prayer of sinners: In You are hope and salvation.

We are mired in the evil of passions, We wander in the darkness of vice, But... our Motherland... Oh, tilt your all-seeing eye towards it.

Holy Rus' - your bright home is almost perishing, To you, Intercessor, we call: No one else knows about us.

Oh, do not leave Your children who grieve Hope, Do not turn Your eyes away from our sorrow and suffering.

One of the poems rewritten by the Royal Passion-Bearers in Tobolsk

There is no doubt that the very name of this image, “Joy of All Who Sorrow,” was the reason for its widest distribution on Russian soil. In addition to the first Moscow icon, there were at least two and a half dozen miraculous and locally revered copies of this icon: in the first throne itself and in its environs, on the banks of the Neva and in Abkhazia, in Siberian Tobolsk and Kiev, in Vologda and in Nizhny Novgorod, in other cities, villages and monasteries. The meaning hidden in the name of the icon is especially close and understandable to the soul of the Russian person - hope in the Most Pure One, who invariably hastens to console, alleviate the sorrow and suffering of people, to give “clothing to the naked, healing to the sick”...

The Mother of God is written on this icon in full height, usually with a scepter in her right hand and with the Child on her shoulder, but sometimes without Him, with outstretched arms, as in the famous “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (with pennies), surrounded by distressed Christians falling to Her and Angels sent to assuage their sorrows, pointing to the Ever-Virgin - the source of inexhaustible and all-conquering joy. The attire of the Most Pure One varies on the lists: She appears either in glory, with a crown on her head and in the queen’s vestments, or in the usual cloak and white robe for Her earthly days.

As the ancient church chronicle tells, in the summer of 7196 from the creation of the world (1648 from the Nativity of Christ), the widow Evfimiya Akinfieva, tormented by a huge non-healing ulcer in her side, Native sister Patriarch Joachim, despairing of receiving healing from the doctors, called out to the Most Pure One and suddenly heard a voice: “Euphemia, why in your grief do you not resort to the common Healer of all?” - “Where can I find such a Healer?” - the patient asked humbly. And then a voice commanded to turn to the priest of the “temple of the magnificent Transfiguration of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ and Reverend Father Varlaam of Khutyn, the Novgorod miracle worker”, which is on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow, so that he would take there “on the left side of the meal, where women usually stand”, the image of the Most Pure One and serve a prayer service with the blessing of water in front of it. Having immediately completed all this, Euphemia received healing. This is how the first miracle happened from the “icon of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, which is also called Joy to all who mourn", and the temple itself received and still retains the name of the Sorrowful (although its main altar was consecrated in the name of the Transfiguration). The temple on Bolshaya Ordynka is also famous for the fact that the “All-Night Vigil” by S. V. Rachmaninov (on the Saturday closest to the day of his death, March 28) and “Liturgy” by P. I. Tchaikovsky (the day of his death fell on the 25th) are performed here annually. October according to the old style - the day following the celebration of the miraculous day). Every Saturday a prayer service is held here at the miraculous last years who revealed a new grace-filled gift of healing for those suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction. Each age has its own sorrows - only the joy of healing given by the Intercessor does not pass away.

Church on Bolshaya Ordynka

In addition to the church on Bolshaya Ordynka, there are now four more parish churches in the Mother See in the name of the icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (at the 3rd Meshchanskaya at the Staro-Catherine Hospital, at the Kalitnikovskoye cemetery (with a locally revered list), at Zatsepa (better known by the chapel like the temple of Frol and Laurus) and at psychiatric hospital at Kanatchikova Dacha); The altar of the hospital church of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery has the same dedication. Previously, in Moscow there were also Skorbyashchensky convent on Novoslobodskaya Street and almost a dozen Sorrow Churches, including at several hospitals, shelters and the Matrosskaya Tishina prison.

Unlike Muscovites, the Orthodox cities on the Neva were sure that the first-revealed image of the miraculous woman was transported to the new capital in 1711 by the sister of Peter I, Princess Natalia Alekseevna, and eventually ended up in the Sorrowful Church on Shpalernaya Street. The end of the smallpox epidemic that raged during the time of Catherine II was attributed to the miracle of this image.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, church historians found it difficult to answer which of the icons - on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow or on Shpalernaya in St. Petersburg - was the first image. But judging by the fact that the St. Petersburg icon is painted on a cypress board on a primed canvas, it is younger than the Moscow one.

However, over time, St. Petersburg also found its icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in a special version of it - the so-called “Virgin Mother of Pennies.” In ancient times, Kurakin merchants living in the suburban village of Klochki (now this is the area of the Glass Factory, long ago included within the boundaries of St. Petersburg) found an image of the Virgin Mary washed up to the shore by the waves of the Neva; several generations later, their heirs donated the family shrine to the chapel at the Glass Factory.

On July 23, 1888, a terrible thunderstorm broke out over the banks of the Neva. A lightning strike burned out the inner walls of the chapel along with all the icons and scattered coins from the begging cup. Only one icon survived, and later inscriptions fell from the face of the Most Pure One, and twelve copper coins from the mug were driven into the board of the icon with superhuman force. Since then, the new miraculous one has received the popular name “Our Lady (with pennies).” The next day, streams of pilgrims flowed to the chapel, miraculous healings began and did not stop. In 1898, a new temple was consecrated here, and the miraculous remained in the chapel and was transferred to the temple only for the duration of services. It is this place that is mentioned in the lines of A. A. Akhmatova “The steamboat goes to the Sorrowful...” - this is how pilgrims usually got here. IN Soviet time The temple was destroyed, the chapel has been preserved to this day by the Providence of God, and the miraculous image itself (with pennies) is located nearby, in the Trinity Church “Kulich and Easter”.

On the St. Petersburg version, the Most Pure One is written with outstretched arms, with her face tilted to the left, Her lower clothes are crimson, Her upper ones are dark blue, Her head is clothed in a white veil, without a royal crown. Above in the clouds is the blessing Savior, around are Angels, the suffering, green branches and the indispensable twelve coins.

The celebration of the icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” takes place on October 24 according to the old style (some of the copies from it also have their own special days celebrations). And within the current borders of Russia, and within its historical borders, and throughout the world, wherever the foot of a Russian person has set foot, the words of chants in honor of this holy icon have sounded, are sounded and will continue to be heard until the end of this world.

Stichera, tone 2, sung at a prayer service instead of a troparion

To all the sorrowing Joy and the offended Intercessor, and the hungry Nourisher, the strange Consolation, the overwhelmed Refuge, the sick Visitation, the weak Protection and Intercessor, the Rod of old age, the Mother of the Most Pure God, Thou art the Most Pure, we strive, we pray, to be saved by Thy servant.

Prayer

O Most Holy and Most Blessed Virgin, Lady Theotokos! Look with Your merciful eye on us, standing before Your holy icon and praying to You with tenderness: raise us from the depths of sin, enlighten our minds, darkened by passions, and heal the ulcers of our souls and bodies. Not imams other assistance, imams have no other hope, except for You, the Lady. You weigh all our weaknesses and sins, we run to You and cry out: do not abandon us with Your heavenly help, but appear to us ever and with Your ineffable mercy and bounty, save and have mercy on us who are perishing. Grant us correction of our sinful life and deliver us from sorrows, troubles and illnesses, from sudden death, hell and eternal torment. You, Queen and Lady, are the speedy Helper and Intercessor of all who flow to You and the strong Refuge of repentant sinners. Grant us, O Most Blessed and All-Immaculate Virgin, the Christian end of our life to be peaceful and unashamed, and grant us, through Your intercession, to dwell in the heavenly abodes, where the unceasing voice of those celebrating with joy glorifies the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Nadezhda Dmitrieva

From the book “He rejoices in You!”

There is no doubt that the very name of this image, “Joy of All Who Sorrow,” was the reason for its widest distribution on Russian soil. In addition to the first Moscow image, there were at least two and a half dozen miraculous and locally revered copies of this icon: in the first throne itself and in its environs, on the banks of the Neva and in Abkhazia, in Siberian Tobolsk and Kiev, in Vologda and Nizhny Novgorod, in others cities, villages and monasteries.

The meaning hidden in the name of the icon is especially close and understandable to the soul of the Russian person - hope in the Most Pure One, who invariably hastens to console, alleviate the sorrow and suffering of people, to give “clothing to the naked, healing to the sick”...

The Mother of God is depicted on this icon in full growth, usually with a scepter in her right hand and with the Child on her shoulder, but sometimes without Him, with outstretched arms, as in the famous “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (with pennies), surrounded by distressed Christians falling to Her and Angels sent to assuage their sorrows, pointing to the Ever-Virgin - the source of inexhaustible and all-conquering joy. The attire of the Most Pure One varies on the lists: She appears either in glory, with a crown on her head and in the queen’s vestments, or in the usual cloak and white robe for Her earthly days.

As the ancient church chronicle narrates, in the summer of 7196 from the creation of the world (1648 from the Nativity of Christ), tormented by a huge non-healing ulcer in her side, the widow Euphemia Akinfieva, the sister of Patriarch Joachim, despairing of receiving healing from the doctors, appealed to the Most Pure One and suddenly heard a voice: “Euphemia “Why don’t you, in your sorrow, resort to the common Healer of all?” - “Where can I find such a Healer?” - the patient asked humbly. And then a voice commanded to turn to the priest of “the temple of the magnificent Transfiguration of the Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ and the Reverend Father Varlaam of Khutyn, the Novgorod miracle worker,” which is on Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow, so that he would take there “on the left side in the meal, where usually women become”, the image of the Most Pure One and a prayer service was served before it with the blessing of water. Having immediately completed all this, Euphemia received healing. This is how the first miracle happened from the “icon of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, which is also called Joy to all who mourn", and the temple itself received and still retains the name of the Sorrowful (although its main altar was consecrated in the name of the Transfiguration). The temple on Bolshaya Ordynka is also famous for the fact that the “All-Night Vigil” by S. V. Rachmaninov (on the Saturday closest to the day of his death, March 28) and “Liturgy” by P. I. Tchaikovsky (the day of his death fell on the 25th) are performed here annually. October according to the old style - the day following the celebration of the miraculous day). Every Saturday a prayer service is held here with the miraculous woman, who in recent years has shown a new grace-filled gift of healing those suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction. Each age has its own sorrows - only the joy of healing given by the Intercessor does not pass away.

In addition to the church on Bolshaya Ordynka, there are now four more parish churches in the Mother See in the name of the icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (at the 3rd Meshchanskaya at the Staro-Catherine Hospital, at the Kalitnikovskoye cemetery (with a locally revered list), at Zatsepa (better known by the chapel as the temple of Frol and Laurus) and at the psychiatric hospital at Kanatchikova Dacha); The altar of the hospital church of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery has the same dedication. Previously, in Moscow there was also the Sorrowful Convent on Novoslobodskaya Street and almost a dozen Sorrowful churches, including at several hospitals, shelters and the Matrosskaya Tishina prison.

On July 23, 1888, a terrible thunderstorm broke out over the banks of the Neva. A lightning strike burned out the inner walls of the chapel along with all the icons and scattered coins from the begging cup. Only one icon survived, and later inscriptions fell from the face of the Most Pure One, and twelve copper coins from the mug were driven into the board of the icon with superhuman force. Since then, the new miraculous one has received the popular name “Our Lady (with pennies).” The next day, streams of pilgrims flowed to the chapel, miraculous healings began and did not stop. In 1898, a new temple was consecrated here, and the miraculous remained in the chapel and was transferred to the temple only for the duration of services. It is this place that is mentioned in the lines of A. A. Akhmatova “The steamboat goes to the Sorrowful...” - this is how pilgrims usually got here. In Soviet times, the temple was destroyed, the chapel, by the Providence of God, has been preserved to this day, but the miraculous image itself (with pennies) is located nearby, in the Trinity Church “Kulich and Easter”.

The celebration of the icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” takes place on October 24 according to the old style (some of the lists from it also have their own special days of celebration). And within the current borders of Russia, and within its historical borders, and throughout the world, wherever the foot of a Russian person has set foot, the words of chants in honor of this holy icon have sounded, are sounded and will continue to be heard until the end of this world.

Description and meaning of the icon of All Who Sorrow Joy: what the icon helps with, where it is located, the history of the prototype of All Who Sorrow Joy. Faith and trust in the Lord are stronger than fear - this was proven by the icon of the Joy of All Who Sorrow.

Euphemia, the sister of Patriarch Iakim, has been confined to a hospital bed for a year now. The illness was so severe that the woman was preparing to leave this world. A non-healing ulcer in the side caused unbearable pain, through which one could see the internal organs.

Expecting death, the sick woman turned to the Most Pure Virgin, asking for mercy. She prayed all night, and in the morning she heard a voice asking her: “Euphemia, why, when you are suffering, do not you resort to the help of the Healer of all?” And the Mother of God pointed to Her miraculous image, located in the Transfiguration Church on Ordynka.

It was called “Joy to All Who Sorrow.” The woman asked her family to find out: is this true? And when she was convinced that the icon existed, she sent for it and the priest, so that a prayer service with water could be served at its bedside. After this she made a complete recovery. Thus, in 1688, the glorification of the shrine began, which, according to the Queen of Heaven, heals everyone.

The history of the prototype Joy of All Who Sorrow

Due to the fact that Euphemia's brother was a patriarch, the news of miraculous shrine flew around all the dioceses. The sick and mourning came from all over Russia for healing. Soon lists appeared in many parts of our Motherland:

In St. Petersburg;
Nizhny Novgorod desert;
Kharkov;
Kyiv;
Voronezh;
In the monastery in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, near Sukhumi;
Elets;
Kazan province;
Orle;
Perm, Poltava and many other cities and provinces.

More than 25 images are recognized as miraculous, many cases of healing and help are recorded from holy icons. Even more evidence has not been recorded, since diaries are not kept everywhere about the miracles performed by the Mother of God. The celebration of the icon is scheduled for October 24 (November 6, New Style) - the day of recovery of the patriarch’s sister.

The miraculous image was also venerated by many royal persons. According to one version, Natalya Alekseevna (sister of Peter I) took the icon to St. Petersburg. According to another, she took the list (there were three of them in the church), which she placed in the house church on the street. Trellis. Thanks to this image, it was possible to stop the spread of the smallpox epidemic that raged during the time of Catherine II.

The temple on Ordynka was rebuilt, closed in 1930, and reopened in 1948. The holy icon was kept in a museum, handed over by the patriarchs for preservation, and it is impossible to definitively establish which image was the original. Historians still cannot say exactly which icon is considered the prototype: Moscow or St. Petersburg. It is known that both shrines are considered miraculous. Currently recorded:

Healing from alcoholism;
Drug addiction is the scourge of modern times;
Help with eye diseases;
There are known cases of recovery of terminally ill patients and many others. etc.

Note: Every Saturday in the church they serve a prayer service to the Most Holy Theotokos, that is, to Her image of the Joy of All Who Sorrow. People who have lost all hope of recovery, resorting with faith to the help of the Healer of all, encounter a miracle, receiving what they ask for in prayer before this shrine.

The history of the image with “coins”

An amazing story happened with one of the icons of All Who Sorrow, Joy, which was located in the Tikhvin chapel in the village of Klochki (near St. Petersburg). In 1888, it was struck by lightning. The chapel caught fire, all the icons were scorched, except for the image of the Virgin Mary. The alms mug shattered and the coins scattered in all directions.

Twelve copper pennies stuck to the image, the paint of which was from high temperature, apparently heated up, but did not melt. On the contrary, the smoky face of the Mother of God was renewed and brightened. Hearing about this event, many rushed to the icon for healing. Miracles were not long in coming. A year later, reports of healing of the sick began to appear:

with seizures;
paralyzed;
those who have lost their voice, etc.

Note: Now the icon is located not far from the site of the fire, in the temple of the Trinity Church “Kulich and Easter”. It is worth noting that on numerous lists the Mother of God is depicted in different ways: sometimes in royal vestments, sometimes in simple earthly clothing, the number of pennies also varies, but the miracles given by the Most Pure Virgin do not become scarce if those praying turn to Her with faith.

Faith and trust in the Lord is stronger than fear

November 1768. A smallpox epidemic is raging in Russia, taking both young and old, healthy and innocent children to their graves. The method of control is known: vaccination is necessary. The fear of voluntarily contracting an incurable disease is stronger than the arguments of medical scientists. Who knows: maybe the trouble will pass, but then vaccinate with smallpox and wait to see what comes of it. No, it is impossible to decide on this.

Catherine II approached the temple on Shpalernaya, the miraculous image of All Who Sorrow Joy, falling to her knees and praying. The words were heard to the retinue: it’s scary, I’m still so young, it’s scary. After this, the woman allowed herself to be vaccinated with smallpox. The disease has been defeated, there is nothing more to fear. Everyone else followed her example. The epidemic was stopped. The queen stood in the temple and thanked the One in whom she trusted. She trusted the Healer of everyone, conquering her fear, which saved the people.

Conclusion: Believe and do not be afraid to turn to the holy image of the Mother of all who trust in Her. The Mother of God saves the most needy, the hopelessly ill, and those in difficult situations from troubles. She will definitely help if you trust Her.

The Icon of All Who Sorrow Joy is a completely unique phenomenon in the history of icon painting. The series of documented evidence of the miraculous properties of this image is perhaps the longest in the history of the Mother of God icons.

Joy to all who mourn is the opening line of one of the Mother of God stichera. There is no doubt that the very name of this image was the reason for its widest distribution on Russian soil. In addition to the first Moscow image, there were at least two and a half dozen miraculous and locally revered copies of this icon: in the first throne itself and in its environs, on the banks of the Neva and in Abkhazia, in Siberian Tobolsk and Kiev, in Vologda and Nizhny Novgorod, in others cities, villages and monasteries. The meaning hidden in the name of the icon is especially close and understandable to the soul of the Russian person - hope in the Most Pure One, who invariably hastens to console, alleviate the sorrow and suffering of people, to give “clothing to the naked, healing to the sick”...

Iconography
The icon depicts the Mother of God in full size (with or without the Baby in her hand) in the radiance of a mandorla (a special form of halo - an oval-shaped radiance elongated in the vertical direction) and surrounded by angels. Above in the clouds is the Lord of Hosts or the New Testament Trinity.

This type iconography developed in Russia in the 17th century under Western European “Latin” influence (“Madonna in Glory” or “Gloria”, “Misericordia” or “Merciful” (analogous to the Russian “Protection of the Virgin”), “Ruzhantsova” or “Rosarium” (with rosary ), “Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary”; from the Orthodox - “Life-Giving Spring”, “Image of Tenderness and Visitation to the Suffering in Trouble”, merged with “Joy of All Who Sorrow” by the 18th century).

The iconography of the image has not received a single complete composition and exists in many variants. But the best known are two types - with the Baby in her arms (Moscow from the Transfiguration Church on Ordynka) and without the Baby (St. Petersburg from the Tikhvin Chapel near the glass factory "with pennies").

The iconographic feature of the icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” is that it depicts, together with the Mother of God, people overwhelmed by sorrows and illnesses, and angels performing acts on behalf of Mother of God good deeds.

History of the icon
The icon first became famous in Moscow in 1688, during the reign of Tsars John and Peter Alekseevich. The sister of Patriarch Joachim of Moscow, Euphemia Papina, suffered so much from a wound in her side that her insides were visible. Realizing her hopeless situation, she only sought reinforcement and consolation through prayer. One morning she heard a voice: “Euphemia, why in your suffering do you not resort to the common Healer of all? In the Church of the Transfiguration of My Son there is My image called “Joy of All Who Sorrow.” He stands on the left side of the meal, where women usually stand. Call a priest with this image from this church to you, and when he serves a prayer service with the blessing of water, you will receive healing. Then do not forget My mercy towards you and confess it to glorify My name.”

Church of the Transfiguration on Ordynka

When Euphemia recovered from the excitement caused by the miraculous phenomenon, and learned from relatives that there was indeed an icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in the Church of the Transfiguration on Ordynka, she called the priest with the icon to her house. After performing the water blessing prayer, Euphemia was completely healed. The event received a wide response, since Euphemia was the sister of the then patriarch.

This miraculous event occurred on October 24, old style, and opened a series of equally miraculous healings. Immediately after the glorification of the image, a service to the icon and a special akathist were compiled, written in 1863 by the professor of the Moscow Theological Academy P. S. Kazansky.

In 1688, the icon of “Joy of All Who Sorrow,” through which healing came from the Mother of God, was already very dilapidated, so it had to be strengthened with cypress inserts. How she got into this temple is also not known for certain. Presumably, it has been there since 1685, from the time when a stone building was erected on the site of the wooden structure of the Church of Varlaam Khutynsky, in which a chapel was built for the saint, where the icon was located. It is not known for sure whether the original list has been lost.

Temple of the Icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” on Ordynka

The temple on Ordynka operates to this day, however, it looks different than in the 17th century, its appearance has been changed by later architectural additions, and is now called the Temple of the Icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow”, another name is the Sorrowful Church, instead of the Transfiguration Church.

During Soviet times, a storage facility for the Tretyakov Gallery was established in the temple premises, and there is information that the icon disappeared from the collections without a trace.

Moscow list of “Joy to All Who Sorrow”

Accurate measuring list from the miraculous icon from the Sorrow Church on Ordynka (last quarter of the 18th century)

The icon of “Joy of All Who Sorrow”, which is now kept on Ordynka, is one of the first copies of the original image; it is believed that it was made in the 18th century. It is believed that it was donated to the temple during the Great Patriotic War Patriarch Alexy I, when in the Church of Sorrows, during the difficult years for Russia, services began again in some churches.

The Moscow icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” goes back to the “Gloria” type and depicts the Virgin and Child, above whom two angels with ripids hover. Another pair of angels is depicted among suffering people. A special feature is the image of a number of saints above the suffering: on the left - Sergius of Radonezh and Theodore Sikeota, on the right - Gregory Dekapolit and Varlaam Khutynsky. Above the Mother of God there is an image of the Fatherland (one of the iconographic variants of the icons of the Holy Trinity, banned at the Great Moscow Council of 1667), and under her feet there is a cartouche containing the text of the kontakion to the icon.

St. Petersburg list “Joy to all who mourn”
In 1711, the miraculous image of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” or an exact copy of it was brought by Princess Natalya Alekseevna Naryshkina, the sister of Emperor Peter I, to St. Petersburg, which was under construction, where since then it became known as the icon of Natalya Alekseevna. Both icons - Moscow and St. Petersburg - were equally revered as miraculous.

It is known that this list of the icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow” was with Russian troops during the war with the Turks in the famous 1711 campaign on the Prut River. When the tsar returned to the capital, in memory of his deliverance from danger at the Prut River, he built the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in his sister’s palace on Shpalernaya Street and placed an icon there. Subsequently, under Tsarina Elizabeth Petrovna, a stone church was erected on the site of the former house church, which became a parish church.

Members of the royal family also resorted to the icon - Catherine I, Anna Ioannovna, Elizaveta Petrovna, Catherine II, Paul I, Maria Fedorovna, and other members of the Royal House and the Imperial Court. Thus, Catherine the Great especially revered the image since, through the prayerful intercession of the Queen of Heaven, the smallpox epidemic in St. Petersburg, which threatened the life of the heir to the throne, Pavel Petrovich, stopped.

Icon of Princess Natalya Alekseevna in a precious frame (lithograph of 1862)

Already under Natalia Alekseevna, the icon was richly decorated - a silver frame was made for it, decorated with the family jewels of the princesses, and particles of relics and relics of saints were attached to it. The image was written on a cypress board. Under Catherine II, the 2nd salary was made. In 1858, according to a drawing by F. G. Solntsev, a new, third frame was made of gold for him. It took about 6.7 kg of gold to make the setting; it was richly decorated with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, garnets, topazes, amethysts and pearls.

Even later, the church was completely rebuilt and received the name of the Sorrow Church, based on the icon that was in it. In 1932 the temple was closed and the icon disappeared.

The icon of Natalia Alekseevna was not widely repeated. Lists from it are very rare and have a local St. Petersburg character. They can be easily identified by the absence of sufferers and the presence of rosaries in the hands of the Virgin and Child.

St. Petersburg list “Joy with pennies for all who mourn”
The Most Pure Virgin is depicted on the icon in full height with outstretched arms. The Savior sits above Her in the clouds. On the sides of the image there are images of angels and sufferers. Green branches are depicted behind the Mother of God. And the indispensable twelve coins.

Our Lady of the Peas

According to legend, this image was washed up by the waves on the estate of the merchants Kurakins on the Neva. Subsequently, the icon passed to the merchant Matveev, whose mother came from the Kurakin family, who donated it to the Tikhvin chapel of the village of Klochki near St. Petersburg, located near the St. Petersburg glass factory. A chapel was built at this place for the image. On July 23, 1888, a terrible thunderstorm broke out, lightning struck the chapel, burned the interior walls and icons, but did not touch the image of the Mother of God. The icon ended up on the floor from the blow, but the face of the Mother of God, long darkened by time and soot, brightened and was renewed. Twelve copper coins from broken mug for alms found themselves permanently attached to different places to the image (on lists with icons, coins are depicted with paint). The news of the miraculous preservation of the icon spread throughout the capital, its veneration grew day by day, and the mercy of God glorified the icon with wondrous miracles.

The first healing that gained all-Russian fame occurred on December 6, 1890, when the icon cured 14-year-old orphan Nikolai Grachev, who had suffered from seizures since childhood (later he studied at the drawing school of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts). On February 7, 1891, the 26-year-old wife of a clerk from the Thornton factory, Vera Belonogina, who had lost her voice due to a throat disease, was healed.

Church Holy Trinity"Kulich and Easter"

A separate celebration has been established in honor of the icon - July 23 (August 5). Currently, the icon is in the Church of the Holy Trinity “Kulich and Easter” (St. Petersburg).

Other icon lists
In the 18th-19th centuries, icons of the Mother of God with the title “Joy of All Who Sorrow” were revered as miraculous in many urban and rural churches throughout Russia. Their iconography repeats both Moscow and St. Petersburg icons. Most of the lists were decorated with rich salaries and had numerous votive additions (various Jewelry: offerings given to a shrine in gratitude for healing or when making a vow). With the most known lists associated with independent legends that served as the reason for their local veneration.

The icon of “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in the house is a guarantee that especially Hard time, when someone close to you falls ill, you can resort to the help of the Mother of God depicted on it, because She is waiting for one thing - our request for help. Anyone who comes to her with a persistent and sincere prayer request will certainly receive help and response.

icon of the Virgin Mary"JOY TO ALL WHO SORRY"

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Description of the icon:
The Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” was first glorified as an icon of the Mother of God in 1688, during the reign of Tsars John and Peter Alekseevich. The sister of Patriarch Joachim, Euphemia, who had long suffered from an incurable disease, one morning during prayer heard a voice calling her to go and pray before the image of the Most Holy Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Ordynka and order a prayer service with the blessing of water. Euphemia fulfilled what was said, and after performing a prayer service with water in front of the icon, she received healing. Since then, many sick and mourning people, prayerfully turning to the Mother of God through Her miraculous image, began to receive healing and deliverance from troubles.

In 1711, when the royal residence was to be moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the sister of Emperor Peter I, Princess Natalya Alekseevna, was filled with special reverence for the miraculous icon “ Joy to all who mourn", made a list (copy) from it and transported it, among other shrines, to St. Petersburg. According to other sources, a copy remained in Moscow, and the princess took the true image with her. On the site of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the 18th century, a temple was built in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”, where it is located to this day miraculous icon Mother of God.

There are two iconographic views of the image of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”: on one, the Mother of God is depicted with the Eternal Child in her arms, on the other - without Him. Sometimes the image of the Mother of God is called “ Joy to all who mourn».

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Before the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Joy of All Who Sorrow” pray to all the offended, oppressed, suffering, in despair, sorrow, in search of consolation and protection, with incurable diseases, for the protection of orphans and the poor, suffering from seizures, weakened hands, throat disease, tuberculosis.

Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos before her icon “Joy of All Who Sorrow”

PRAYER 1
Hope of the unreliable, strength of the helpless, refuge of the overwhelmed, protection of the attacked, intercession of the offended, bread-loving, delight of the hungry, nectar of heavenly rest for those thirsty, Mother of the Most Blessed God, Most Blessed and Immaculate Virgin! I alone resort to You, to Your protection I wholeheartedly bow my knees, Lady. Do not despise crying and tears, the joy of those who cry! Even if my unworthiness and the damnation of my sins terrify me, but this whole-bearing image assures me, in which I see Your grace and power, like an inexhaustible sea: the blind who have received their sight, the galloping lame, wandering as if under the canopy of Your charity, those who have been laid to rest, and those who have abounded at all times. ; Looking at these images of pardon, he came running, blind with his spiritual eyes and lame with his spiritual feelings. Oh, Unstoppable Light! Enlighten and correct me, weigh all my sorrow, weigh all misfortune, do not despise my prayer, O Helpful One! Do not disdain me, a sinner, do not despise me, a foul one; We know that you can do everything, the greatest will, oh my good hope, my hope comes from my mother’s breast. I am committed to You from the womb of my Mother, I am left to You, do not leave me, do not depart from me, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

PRAYER 2
To my queen, my hope, to the Mother of God, friend of the orphans, and strange intercessors, those who grieve with joy, those who are offended by the patroness! See my misfortune, see my sorrow; help me as I am weak, feed me as I am strange. Weigh my offense, resolve it like a will; for I have no other help but You, no other intercessor, no good comforter, except You, O Mother of God, for you will preserve me and cover me forever and ever. Amen.

PRAYER 3
Oh, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Supreme Cherub and Most Honest Seraphim, God-chosen Youth, Joy to all who mourn!

Give consolation to us who are in sorrow, for you have no other refuge and help from the imams. You are the only intercessor for our joy, and as the Mother of God and the Mother of Mercy, standing at the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, you can help us, for no one who flows to You leaves in shame.

Hear also from us, now on the day of sorrow before Your icon and praying to You with tears, take away from us the sorrows and sorrows that are upon us in this temporary life, so that through Your omnipotent intercession we are not deprived of eternal, endless joy in the Kingdom of Your Son and Our God, to Him is due all glory, honor and worship, with His Originless Father, and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

PRAYER 4
Oh, Most Holy Lady Theotokos, Most Blessed Mother of Christ God our Savior, Joy to all the sorrowing, visiting the sick, protection and intercessor of the weak, widows and orphans, patroness of the sad, all-reliable comforter of sad mothers, strength of weak babies, and always ready help and faithful refuge for all the helpless! You, O All-Merciful One, have been given grace from the Almighty to intercede and deliver everyone from sorrow and illness, since you yourself endured fierce sorrow and illness, looking at the free suffering of Your beloved Son and Him crucified on the cross, seeing, when the weapon predicted by Simeon, the heart Yours will pass; In the same way, O Mother of loving children, listen to the voice of our prayer, comfort us in the sorrow of those who exist, like an intercessor faithful to joy, standing before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, at the right hand of Your Son, Christ our God, you can, if you wish, ask for everything useful to us; For this reason, with heartfelt faith and love from the soul, we fall to You, as the Queen and Lady, and we dare to cry out to You in psalms: hear, daughter, and see, and incline Your ear, hear our prayer, and deliver us from current troubles and sorrows; You fulfill the requests of all the faithful, as if they mourn, you fulfill joy, and you give peace and consolation to their souls, behold, behold our misfortune and sorrow, show us Your mercy, send comfort to our hearts wounded by sadness, show and surprise us sinners with the wealth of Your mercy, grant We have tears of repentance to cleanse our sins and quench the wrath of God, so that with a pure heart, a good conscience and undoubted hope we may resort to Your intercession and intercession. Accept, our All-merciful Lady Theotokos, our fervent prayer offered to You, and do not reject us, unworthy of Your mercy, but grant us deliverance from sorrow and illness, protect us from all slander of the enemy and human slander, be our constant helper all the days of our lives. ours, for under Your maternal protection we will always remain safe and preserved by Your intercession and prayers to Your Son and God our Savior, to Him belongs all glory, honor and worship, with His Beginning Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

TROPARION, TONE 4
Let us now be diligent to the Mother of God, sinners and humility, and let us fall in repentance calling from the depths of our souls: Lady, help us, having mercy on us, struggling, we are perishing from many sins, do not turn away Your slaves, for You are the only hope of the Imams.

IN TROPARION, TONE 2
For all those who mourn, the joy and the offended intercessor, and the hungry for nourishment, the strange consolation, the overwhelmed refuge, the visiting of the sick, the weak protection and intercessor, the rod of old age, You are the Mother of the Most Pure God, we strive, we pray, to be saved by Your servant.

KONDAC, VOICE 6
There are no other imams of help, no other imams of hope, except You, Most Pure Virgin, help us, we rely on You and we boast in You, for we are Your servants, let us not be ashamed.

GREATNESS
We magnify You, Most Holy Virgin, God-chosen Youth, and honor Your holy image, through which you bring healing to all who come with faith.

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