Saturday of the Akathist of the Theotokos (April 17)

 

April 17 - Saturday of the Akathist of the Theotokos

In the photo: The most ancient Athos miraculous Icon "Akathist" of the Dionysios Monastery.

One of 70 icons painted by the Apostle and Evangelist Luke;

Made not with paints, but with wax mastic, the features of the face are blurred due to the expiration of the world;

It was held in the hands of the Patriarch of Constantinople Sergius I, bypassing the walls of Constantinople besieged by the Avars in 624;

With her, Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus liberated Constantinople from the crusaders;

In 1592 it was kidnapped from the monastery by pirates and returned to the place by them));

In 1767 it was again kidnapped by robbers-Turks, but returned by local shepherds;

Every evening in the monastery in front of the Miraculous Image, the Akathist is read to the Most Holy Theotokos;

The total number of miracles from this icon is immeasurable !;

The celebration in honor of the Akathist Icon takes place on Saturday, in the fifth week of Great Lent;

Every Wednesday at 21:00 the elders of the cell of "Ephraim the Syrian" bless the Akathist to the Mother of God to be read conciliarly

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