“Ozerianka” Icon of the Mother of God of Shuiu-Smolensk
Commemorated on November 2.
The Shuiu-Smolensk Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the years 1654-1655 in the Resurrection parish of the city of Shuiu, where an unrelenting pestilence raged. Trusting in the mercy of God and the intercession of the Mother of God, the parishioners of the Resurrection church commissioned a certain pious monk to paint the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God, an icon long attributed with being a rescuer of the Russian people from enemies and misfortune.
The parishioners spent the whole week in prayer and fasting while the image was being painted. When the icon was finished, the priest and the people took it to the church and set it in a specially built place. From that time the pestilence began to ease, at first in the area of the Resurrection parish, and then also in all the city.
From the Icon of the Mother of God many miracles of healing took place, especially of eye diseases. The icon is also celebrated on July 11, July 28, and Bright Tuesday.
Troparion
O Most Holy Sovereign Lady,
your miraculously painted Icon was received as a precious treasure by the city of Shuya,
for the healing of the cruel plague,
and for the consolation of the Orthodox.
You gave it, and even today abundant fountains of grace pour forth from it.
Extend your mercy to those who know you, O Most Holy one;
and in the future guard your city
and the whole Russian land,
and save those who come to you with faith and love.
Kontakion
The Most Holy Mother of God, the bastion of Christians,
the protector and intercessor for our city of Shuya.
Accept the prayers of your servants,
who fall down before your Icon,
strengthen them in the confession of the Orthodox Faith,
and deliver them from all troubles and misfortunes;
turn their earthly sorrows into joy,
and entreat your Son that your people may be saved in peace.