Seven Arrows Icon
“Soften our evil hearts, O Theotokos, and repel the attacks of those who hate us, / and loosen all the rigidity of our soul. / For beholding your holy image, / we are filled with compunction by your compassion and loving kindness toward us, / and we kiss your wounds; / for we are terrified by the darts with which we wound you. / O Compassionate Mother, / do not let us perish because of our hardness of heart, / or our neighbor’s hardness of heart, / for you are truly the Softener of Evil Hearts.”
(Troparion of the Seven Arrows Icon of the Mother of God, which we commemorate today.)
There are two images of the “Seven Arrows” Mother of God. Both exude an amazing myrrh – an oily liquid which inexplicably appeared on them.