The Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God

Today we commemorate many icons of the Mother of God, one of which is the Seraphim-Diveyevo Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God belonging to Saint Seraphim of Sarov, and was the Icon he kept in his cell. The Saint anointed the sick with oil from the lamps burning before this Icon, and they received healing. The holy ascetic reposed while praying before the Icon on January 2, 1833.

After Saint Seraphim’s repose, Sarov Monastery sent the Tenderness Icon to the Diveyevo sisters saying: “She is bound to be there with them.” During Saint Seraphim’s glorification in 1903, a participant described the Cross Procession from Diveyevo to Sarov by the nuns of Diveyevo Monastery on July 17. He noted that the wonderworking Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God was carried there: ” To this day a procession of the faithful walk the 17km in July.

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