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The Virgin Orans, Oranta (The Great Panagia) (Ukrainian: Оранта) is a well-known [1] [2] Orthodox Christian depiction of the Virgin Mary in prayer with extended arms. It is stored in the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv in Ukraine. [1] The 6-meter-high mosaic is located in the vault of the chancel. [3]
Ukraine, with its rich natural resources and strategic location, was a key focus of these plans. Ukraine became a major center for heavy industry, particularly in coal mining, steel production, and machine building. Cities like Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro), and Stalino (now Donetsk) were transformed into industrial hubs. The rapid ...
The portrait, in turn, as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, who took refuge from the danger of Herod the Great is today considered a symbol of the modern Mary who takes refuge from the violence of war and nurses her baby like him. [6] The Kyiv Virgin is also notable for its role in Ukrainian history and national identity. During the Soviet era ...
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Poland Black Madonna of Outremeuse, Liège, in a procession Black Madonna of Guingamp Madonna at House of the Black Madonna, Prague. The term Black Madonna or Black Virgin tends to refer to statues or paintings in Western Christendom of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, where both figures are depicted with dark skin. [1]
Slavs are believed to have originated in the region(s) of modern-day Poland, Slovakia or western Ukraine.During the 5th and 6th centuries, the Hunnic and Gothic kingdoms had fallen, and Slavs began to migrate in all directions, settling as far south as the Balkans, the Oder River, and the Arctic.
The Catholic icon of The Holy Virgin of Pochaiv. Second half of the 19th century. From the Museum of Ukrainian Home Icons (Radomysl Castle, Ukraine) [2]. It has been in the Pochaiv Lavra (monastery), in Ternopil oblast, Ukraine, since 1597, when it was given by a wealthy widow Anna or Hanna Hoyska, who owned the town of Pochaiv in the second half of the 16th century.
Mary is reported to have said, "I want to raise the authority of priests in the people, unite this divided nation and unite the Church." [ 3 ] Halemba sees the site as an example of Ukrainian national identity building, even to the point of the Virgin expressing a preference for the liturgy in Ukrainian rather than Old Slavic.
Ukraine was controlled by several short-lived yet independent governments which revived the Ukrainian national idea. Ukraine declared its political independence following the fall of the Provisional Government in 1918 and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church was established.