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The Theotokos of Tolga (Russian: Толгская икона Божией Матери) is a Russian Orthodox icon representing the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus Christ. The Theotokos of Tolga , named after the Tolga river in Yaroslavl , is known in three copies created between the end of the 13th [ 1 ] and the beginning of the 14th century.
The status of Mary as Theotokos was a topic of theological dispute in the 4th and 5th centuries and was the subject of the decree of the Council of Ephesus of 431 to the effect that, in opposition to those who denied Mary the title Theotokos ("the one who gives birth to God") but called her Christotokos ("the one who gives birth to Christ ...
Version of the Theotokos of Smolensk by Dionisius (c. 1500) 12th-century plaque found in Torcello Cathedral; a full-length figure like the original in Constantinople. A Hodegetria, [a] or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind.
Icon of Our Lady of the Sign with explanation in Coconut Creek, FL; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at Novgorod; Icon of the Mother of God Kursk Root "of the Sign" Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh" Icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hear"
The Holy Icon of Holiness Pephaneromeni Theotokos of Lefkada. The Holy Icon of Holiness Pephaneromeni Theotokos Lefkada (also known by the nicknames "Panagia Phaneromeni" or "Kyra Phaneromeni") is a sacred relic and work of art from the 19th century. [1] This is one of the famous icons of the Theotokos that is kept in the Holy Monastery ...
During a heavy fire inhabitants of Kostroma see the icon of Theotokos soaring in air Prayer before an icon of the Mother of god about its returning in Kostroma city: Building of a stone building of church in honour of a wonder-working icon of Theotokos of St. Theodore: Transferring of an icon to new stone church
The icon is a variant of the icon of "Our Lady of Nicea", also known as “Your Womb Becomes the Holy Table.” [1] The difference between the two is that the Nicean icon shows the Theotokos with Her head inclined to one side, sometimes with eyes downcast, [2] whereas She is depicted in the "Inexhaustible Chalice" icon with Her head straight ...
The 11th century Theotokos Panachranta is from Svensky Monastery. With the Theotokos are SS Anthony and Theodosius of Kiev. It is popularly attributed to the most celebrated icon-painter of Kievan Rus, St. Alypius from the Kiev Pechersk Monastery and is possibly modeled on a mosaic from the central conch of the Assumption Cathedral in the ...