OUR LADY OF EXTREME HUMILITY - OUR LADY OF TENDERNESS - OUR LADY
OF SORROWS - LA DOLOROSA - MOTHER OF SORROWS - UMILENIE - JOY OF ALL JOYS
There
are many different names for and variations of this icon in Eastern and Western
veneration. Regardless of how it is portrayed its message is the same - come to
me! The icon is in an "Eleusa" style - meaning the Virgin is
compassionate and conveys intimacy, gentleness and grace to her children. Our
loving Mother!
One
of the few icons in which the Blessed Mother (Theotokos) is pictured alone. Her
hands are crossed with humility in acceptance of the will of God!
The
main feast for this icon in the East is the Friday before Good Friday and in
the West on Sept 15th - the day after the finding of the Holy Cross.
The icon is very famous for the veneration of our Lady by St Seraphim of Sarov a Russian ascetic of the 18th century - a holy man venerated in the Orthodox Church on January 2 and the opening of his relics on July 19th. Tradition holds St Seraphim prayed for 2000 days on a stone slab in front of this image and died in its presence on Jan 2, 1833. Many of the visitors to St Seraphim were healed by this icon. It is a miraculous today in the Diveevsk Seraphimovsk Monastery.
St Pope John Paul regarded him as a Doctor of the Church.
Embossed icon printed on leather - very beautiful
comes with hanger to hang on wall and hook for hanging on wall
6 inch tall x 5 1/16 inch width