Translation of the Ivḗron Icon of the Mother of God to Moscow

Commemorated on October 13.

The Ivḗron Icon of the Mother of God, located on Mount Athos, has been glorified by many miracles. Accounts of the wonderworking image were spread throughout Russia by pilgrims. His Holiness Patriarch Nikon (then still Abbot of the Novospasky monastery) asked Abbot Pachomius of the Ivḗron Monastery on Mt Athos, (who was in Moscow collecting alms for the Athonite monasteries) to supply a copy of the wonderworking Ivḗron Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

The Athonite monk Iamblichos painted the copy of the Ivḗron Icon, and after a year the icon was taken to Moscow, accompanied by monks of Athos. On October 13, 1648 it was solemnly greeted by a multitude of the people. The Ivḗron Icon of the Russian Orthodox Church was also glorified by the Lord with many miracles (February 12).

The Ivḗron Icon is also commemorated on February 12, March 31, and Bright Tuesday.

Troparion

The audacity of those who hated the Icon of the Lord and the might of the godless came to Nicaea,
and those who were sent there inhumanly tortured a widow who devoutly revered the Icon of the Mother of God;
but by night, she and her son cast the Icon into the sea, crying out:
“Glory to you, O pure one, for the impassable sea has given you its shoulders.
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Glory to your straight way,
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O you who alone are incor­rupt.”
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The waves.
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Psalm 5:8.

Kontakion

Although your holy Icon was cast into the sea by the widow who could not save it from its enemies, O Theotokos,
it has been shown as the Guardian of Mount Athos and the Gate-Keeper of Ivḗron Monastery,
driving the Enemy away and delivering those who honor you from all misfor­tunes and dangers.